Master Brewers Podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

316 episodes of Master Brewers Podcast since the first episode, which aired on August 14th, 2017.

  • Episode 258: Sustainability of the American Hop Industry

    September 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 23 mins

    The popularity of heavily-hopped beer styles has put USA hops front and center, but threats are looming; wildfire, climate change, water availability, the loss of hop farming families, and the ongoing shift from public to private hops. Hop growers Darren Gamache (VGF) and John Segal (Segal Ranch), master brewer Karl Ockert, and hop consultant Eric Sannerud joined John Bryce on stage during the 2022 Brewing Summit to discuss these topics and more.

  • Episode 107: Troubleshooting Acetaldehyde

    August 29th, 2022  |  24 mins 34 secs

    When Madtree Brewing Co. expanded from a 15 bbl brewhouse to a 100 bbl brewhouse, they experienced intermittent acetaldehyde spikes in one of their brands. Becca Ransohof & Trent Leslie walk us through the troubleshooting process that resolved the issue.

  • Episode 257: ISTT

    August 22nd, 2022  |  27 mins 22 secs

    What is ISTT water and what can it do for us?

  • Episode 256: Eureka!

    August 15th, 2022  |  27 mins 20 secs

    The discovery of new alpha and beta acids.

  • Episode 255: Yeast Stress

    August 8th, 2022  |  25 mins 17 secs

    Graham Stewart discusses the mechanics of yeast stress during the 2019 Master Brewers Conference in Calgary.

  • Episode 254: Sustainability of Hops

    July 25th, 2022  |  53 mins 12 secs

    OSU probes the sustainability of hops, from kiln cycles to double dry hopping.

  • Episode 253: CIP Fundamentals

    July 18th, 2022  |  52 mins 47 secs

    Oliver Meinhold takes us back to the basics of cleaning & sanitation in the brewery.

  • Episode 252: Wastewater at Mother Road & pFriem

    July 11th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins

    Like it or not, you're in the wastewater business.

  • Episode 105: Wort Aeration

    July 4th, 2022  |  30 mins 54 secs

    Do you know how much DO is in your wort? What percentage of injected oxygen is solubilized? Derek Dawson set out to answer these questions at Modern Times Beer.

  • Episode 250: Is Hop Terroir a Marketing Construct and/or a Biophysical Reality?

    June 20th, 2022  |  43 mins 45 secs

    A recent Master Brewers Technical Quarterly paper explores the answer.

  • Episode 089: The Six-rowification of North American Two-row (Part 3: What you can do about it)

    June 13th, 2022  |  53 mins 43 secs

    The previous episode explained how and why North American 2-row barley evolved to take on 6-row traits. This week Joe Hertrich explains why that's problematic for all-malt brewers and what can be done about it.

  • Episode 088: The Six-rowification of North American Two-row (Parts 1&2: history, how & why)

    June 6th, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

    Since 1972 North American 2-row barley has slowly but steadily evolved into something that has more in common with 6-row than traditional European 2-row barley. Find out why this is great news for adjunct brewers and problematic for all-malt brewers.

  • Episode 249: Malt Silos

    May 30th, 2022  |  40 mins 32 secs

    Things to consider before making the transition from bagged to bulk malt.

  • Episode 248: Mashing

    May 23rd, 2022  |  41 mins 21 secs

    The author of one of the latest publications from ASBC & MBAA joins us to talk about Mashing.

  • Episode 247: Malt

    May 16th, 2022  |  57 mins 51 secs

    Our friend, Dr. Yin, returns to discuss his new Malt book and the 2021 barley crop

  • Episode 101: The Yeasts of Tomorrow

    May 9th, 2022  |  32 mins 12 secs

    Stijn Mertens and Jan Steensels talk about what's happening inside one of the world's most advanced yeast labs.