
Xiang Yin
Special guest
Xiang Yin works at Boortmalt/Prairie Malt in supply chain quality based in USA. He recently served as the Vice President of Corporate Quality and Innovation at Rahr Malting. His experience in the industry includes working as the Global Director of Brewing Raw Materials at SABMiller based in the United Kingdom (UK), and as Global Technical Director with Prairie Malt/Cargill Malt. He is a past president of American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC), and is a fellow of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. He served as chair of the technical committee of the Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute in Canada (2016-2023). Xiang in on the editorial boards of JASBC and MBAA TQ, and authored the first book on Practical Brewing Science by the ASBC-MALT, as well as over 60 technical papers and patents. He taught malting and brewing in the Jiangnan University China in his early career. Xiang holds a doctoral degree from Heriot-Watt University and a sixth dan black belt for taekwondo.
Xiang Yin has been a guest on 4 episodes.
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Episode 304: Kernza
March 25th, 2024 | 58 mins 40 secs
What is Kernza and does it belong in your next recipe?
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Episode 298: Re-evaluating the malt quality COA for an uncertain climate future
January 8th, 2024 | 49 mins 25 secs
Adjusting expectations and processes to navigate an increasingly delicate malt supply chain.
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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
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Episode 129: Beer Flavor Stability (Live Episode)
April 29th, 2019 | 37 mins 29 secs
Pattie Aron and Xiang Yin join us (live from CBC19) to talk about beer staling mechanisms and preventative measures that are important in malting and brewing.