
Ashton Lewis
Special guest
Ashton Lewis joined BSG in December of 2016 and is currently Manager of Training and Technical Support. Prior to working in the world of ingredients, Lewis was the Staff Master Brewer and Brewing Group Sales Manager for the Paul Mueller Company living in the world of custom stainless steel. He was also a partner in the Springfield Brewing Company in Springfield, Missouri, and SBC’s master brewer from 1997 to 2019. Ashton holds a B.S. in Food Science from Virginia Tech (1991) and a M.S. in Food/Brewing Science from UC Davis (1994). For the last 28 years he has worked for Brew Your Own Magazine as technical editor and “Help Me, Mr. Wizard” columnist. Ashton is currently the MBAA District Great Plains Technical Chair and a member of the MBAA National Technical Committee. In his spare time, he enjoys music, cooking, homebrewing, talking about beer, and playing with Excel.
Ashton Lewis has been a guest on 5 episodes.
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Episode 312: Foam
July 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
A deep dive on beer foam with a couple of familiar guests, one of whom literally wrote the book on foam.
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Episode 286: Fluid for Thought
August 7th, 2023 | 59 mins 34 secs
Various principles in fluid dynamics with practical applications in the brewery (and a few puns).
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Episode 126: Passivation of Stainless Steel
March 20th, 2023 | 49 mins 16 secs
John Palmer & Ashton Lewis help us demystify the passivation of stainless steel, separate fact from fiction, and pick up some pointers for keeping your stainless steel healthy.
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Episode 243: Terrified of Being Torrified
March 28th, 2022 | 51 mins 49 secs
BSG's adjunct professor & head comedian explain the difference between terms like rolled, flaked, toasted, micronized, and torrified; How it's all made, what's "mash ready," what's not, and why.
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Episode 226: Stainless Steel
October 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
Understanding stainless steel alloys, corrosion, vacuum failures, and more.