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 317 Episodes.
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Episode 341: So, You Want To Open A Kitchen?
August 25th, 2025 | 40 mins 9 secs
12 years of lessons learned, trials & tribulations, points to consider if you're thinking about opening/adding a kitchen.
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Episode 215: Hops & Foam
August 18th, 2025 | 36 mins 44 secs
Have you ever noticed that the more you dry-hop, the worse your foam is?
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Episode 340: Communicating How Genetic Engineering Works to Consumers
August 11th, 2025 | 40 mins 56 secs
Worried about how consumers will react to your GMO beer?
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Episode 200: Reconsidering the Congress Mash
August 4th, 2025 | 49 mins 19 secs
Should the numbers on your malt COA be produced from a mash that's more similar to your brewery mashes? Did you know that's already happening when you buy UK malt? Listen up, then join the conversation.
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Episode 339: Alternative Grains and Sugars
July 28th, 2025 | 42 mins 55 secs
Millet, canary seed, amaranth, chia, einkorn, farro, fonio, teff, purple corn, agave, birch sap, and more.
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Episode 214: Analysis of Commercial NEIPAs
July 21st, 2025 | 46 mins 52 secs
Our friends at Hopsteiner continue to unlock the secrets of New England IPA
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Episode 338: Cost Savings Through Analysis
July 14th, 2025 | 50 mins 7 secs
Analytical strategies for craft brewers.
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Episode 049: Breathe, Breathe, Breathe, Scream
July 7th, 2025 | 45 mins 33 secs
Kerry Caldwell suffered severe injuries from an accident in the brewhouse. She was airlifted and overcame the 34% chance of survival calculated by the hospital. This episode is both the story of her accident and a description of a simple, inexpensive device that should be installed in your brewery to prevent similar accidents.
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Episode 337: CIP Flow Rates – when “rules of thumb” break
June 30th, 2025 | 37 mins 27 secs
What’s your optimal flow rate during CIP and what happens if you don’t hit it?
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Episode 220: Consistent Fermentations
June 23rd, 2025 | 52 mins 29 secs
How to keep your brewery from becoming condominiums.
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Episode 336: Financial Literacy for Brewers
June 16th, 2025 | 48 mins 11 secs
Could open-book management transform your brewery?
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Episode 210: Benchmarking Sustainability
June 9th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
3 different perspectives from breweries large & small. You'll hear about the BA's Benchmarking tool, other resources to support your sustainability journey, and how to take some baby steps if you haven't made any progress yet.
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Episode 335: RVA
June 2nd, 2025 | 32 mins 6 secs
Should you be paying more attention to fermentable sugars instead of total extract?
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Episode 203: Cloudy with a Chance of Production
May 26th, 2025 | 51 mins 19 secs
Our friends at Highland Brewing talk about the network of people, tools, forecasts, and workflows that build their production schedule.
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Episode 334: Haná
May 19th, 2025 | 48 mins 47 secs
What happens when you resurrect an old world landrace barley variety and give it to a bunch of brewers in CA?
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Episode 207: Spent Hops Disposal Dilemma
May 12th, 2025 | 44 mins 6 secs
How The Matt Brewing Company deals spent hop material & other things you wish you knew before you built a brewery.