Master Brewers Podcast
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About the show
Each week, thousands of brewers download The Master Brewers Podcast to hear interviews with the industry's best & brightest in brewing science, technology, and operations. The show is known for featuring technical deep dives, a bit of brewing history, cutting edge research, hard lessons learned, important industry contributors, and no fluff. If you make beer for a living, this show is for you.
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Episodes
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Episode 211: The Sweet Spot (May 2021)
September 14th, 2026 | 45 mins 52 secs
Dextrose, cane sugar, beet sugar, corn syrups, back sweetening with stevia, and more.
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Episode 368: We Can Totally Fit That Somewhere
September 7th, 2026 | 55 mins 56 secs
A guide to strategically leveraging the used equipment market.
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Episode 148: OSHA in Your Brewery (Oct 2019)
August 31st, 2026 | 51 mins 7 secs
If OSHA shows up at your brewery tomorrow, are you ready?
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Episode 367: Arabinoxylan vs. Beta Glucan
August 24th, 2026 | 42 mins 39 secs
The impact of Arabinoxylan vs. Beta Glucan on viscosity.
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Episode 138: Steeping: The Fulcrum Between Good and Bad Malt (Jul 2019)
August 17th, 2026 | 43 mins 26 secs
Tyler Schoales of Country Malt Group takes us on a deep dive into the most important step in malting.
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Episode 366: Carbonation as a Control Mechanism of E. coli and Salmonella in NA Beer
August 10th, 2026 | 57 mins 26 secs
E. coli and Salmonella can grow in NA beer, but there's a convenient catch.
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Episode 240: Understanding the Risk of Can Pressure Failures (Feb 2022)
August 3rd, 2026 | 39 mins 39 secs
Have you ever wondered if you're pushing the limits of how much pressure your cans can handle? A Master Brewers Past President joins us to discuss a chart he designed to keep you out of trouble.
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Episode 365: A Western Approach to Sake Production
July 27th, 2026 | 52 mins 15 secs
If you think brewing sake in your brewery is out of reach, think again.
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Episode 253: CIP Fundamentals (July 2022)
July 20th, 2026 | 53 mins 44 secs
Oliver Meinhold takes us back to the basics of cleaning & sanitation in the brewery.
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Episode 364: pH Fundamentals
July 13th, 2026 | 58 mins 41 secs
The fundamentals of pH and why your mash pH might not be what you think it is.
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Episode 049: Breathe, Breathe, Breathe, Scream (August 2017)
July 6th, 2026 | 45 mins 31 secs
Kerry Caldwell suffered severe injuries from an accident in the brewhouse. She was airlifted and overcame the 34% chance of survival calculated by the hospital. This episode is both the story of her accident and a description of a simple, inexpensive device that should be installed in your brewery to prevent similar accidents.
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Episode 363: Sensomics
June 29th, 2026 | 45 mins 26 secs
What it is, and what it has done/can do for beer.
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Episode 140: Think Twice Before You Dump: A Journey to Wastewater Compliance (August 2019)
June 22nd, 2026 | 39 mins 16 secs
Ann Spevacek & Eric Ritchson from Pizza Port Brewing discuss water usage and their journey to wastewater compliance.
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Episode 362: Aroma Hop Shelf Life
June 15th, 2026 | 53 mins 58 secs
A recent OSU study of aroma hop shelf life under commercial storage conditions.
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Episode 075: How Isinglass Works
June 8th, 2026 | 26 mins 2 secs
How isinglass works, how to optimize results, when and why to use auxiliary finings (such as silica solutions), and more.
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Episode 361: How SHREDDER™ works
June 1st, 2026 | 42 mins 42 secs
It’s not pasteurization. It’s not sterile filtration. So how exactly does the Shredder achieve microbiological stabilization?