Master Brewers Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
312 episodes of Master Brewers Podcast since the first episode, which aired on August 14th, 2017.
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Episode 265: Measuring Sessionability
November 7th, 2022 | 29 mins 20 secs
Boston Beer determines how to accurately measure sessionability before releasing a new brand.
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Episode 264: Nuts!
October 31st, 2022 | 35 mins 8 secs
What happens when an allergen is grown on the farm next door?
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Episode 109: Timing is Everything
October 24th, 2022 | 40 mins 9 secs
Sierra Nevada studies the impact of dry hopping at different stages of fermentation.
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Episode 263: Gene Editing for Brewers
October 17th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
This week on the show, Gene editing for brewers... and where things might be headed for barley & hops.
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Episode 262: T90 Shelf Life Study
October 10th, 2022 | 41 mins 15 secs
What's the actual shelf life of the hops in your cooler, and what happens if you keep them there for a few more years?
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Episode 261: Optimizing Lab Props at New Belgium
October 3rd, 2022 | 34 mins 38 secs
Is your brewery just doing things the way they've always been done, or is someone like Paige optimizing processes to uncover new efficiencies and tremendous savings?
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Episode 172: What’s The Buzz? Non-alcoholic Beer Production
September 26th, 2022 | 53 mins 8 secs
There are lots of different approaches to producing NA beer. Justin McKellar walks us through the tradeoffs of each method.
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Episode 260: Beer & Health
September 19th, 2022 | 51 mins 36 secs
You and I both know that beer has a lot of nutritional value, but are we prepared to speak intelligently about that? How do we get consumers to look past beer's stereotypes and click-bait headlines?
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Episode 259: Cannabaceae Creep
September 12th, 2022 | 41 mins 21 secs
The quest to determine the origin of hop creep takes an interesting twist.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.