John Bryce
Host of Master Brewers Podcast
John Bryce built his first brewery (Blacksburg Brewing Co.) on a shoestring budget in 2002 and his career continued at several Virginia breweries, including Capitol City, Old Dominion, Starr Hill, and Mount Ida Reserve. He graduated from Versuchs- und Lehranstalt für Brauerei (VLB) in 2008, has helped countless breweries as a consultant, served as MBAA's Technical Outreach Director from 2015 to 2017, and is Founder & CEO at The Lupulin Exchange, where he answers every single support ticket personally and agonizes over making life easier for brewers. John has been the host & producer of Master Brewers Podcast since its inception in 2016.
John Bryce has hosted 326 Episodes.
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Episode 235: Flavorings That Go BOOM in the Night
December 22nd, 2025 | 35 mins 39 secs
Everyone is doing it. Are you doing it safely?
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Episode 349: Nontraditional Yeast for NA Beer
December 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 19 secs
An analysis of every commercially available non-alcoholic yeast strain.
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Episode 234: New Year's Resolution
December 8th, 2025 | 34 mins 6 secs
2 real-life brewery horror stories and 3 guys who hope you'll make a new year's resolution to take brewery safety seriously.
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Episode 348: Sustainable Stabilization
December 1st, 2025 | 44 mins 33 secs
The Lagunitas approach to sustainable stabilization
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Episode 229: Is Hop Creep Caused by Microorganisms?
November 24th, 2025 | 35 mins 14 secs
Are we one step closer to understanding the origin of Hop Creep?
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Episode 347: PFAS in Beer
November 17th, 2025 | 57 mins 24 secs
The Linkage between Municipal Water and Brewing Location on PFAS in beer.
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Episode 233: Deconstructing Le Petit Prince
November 10th, 2025 | 50 mins 58 secs
Franco-Belgian style table beer & how Jester King brews their version
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Episode 346: N2 Generation at pFriem
November 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
What happens when there’s not enough CO2 available for your brewery?
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Episode 226: Stainless Steel
October 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
Understanding stainless steel alloys, corrosion, vacuum failures, and more.
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Episode 345: Dialing in FAN at Hendler Family Brewing
October 20th, 2025 | 27 mins 15 secs
What happened when a brewery started measuring FAN and how you can do it too.
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Episode 222: The Top 10
October 13th, 2025 | 50 mins 14 secs
This week on the show we count down the greatest hits that breweries take when OSHA shows up.
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Episode 344: Biases in sensory
October 6th, 2025 | 48 mins 7 secs
Learn about the many forms of bias in sensory, and some practical takeaways you can put into practice right away.
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Episode 225: Cold IPA
September 29th, 2025 | 59 mins 57 secs
What it means, where it came from, and how it's made.
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Episode 343: Brewing Lager at Heater Allen
September 22nd, 2025 | 49 mins 47 secs
The keys to brewing lager at Heater Allen Brewing.
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Episode 221: The Best of Both Worlds
September 15th, 2025 | 33 mins 38 secs
How to get away with a mid-fermentation dry-hop AND harvest healthy yeast for repitching.
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Episode 342: Canning Essentials
September 8th, 2025 | 49 mins 29 secs
Filling, seaming, and hygiene for your canning line.