John Bryce
Host of Master Brewers Podcast
John Bryce loves all things technical brewing. He 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 President & CEO of The Lupulin Exchange. John has been the host & producer of Master Brewers Podcast since its inception in 2016.
John Bryce has hosted 309 Episodes.
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Episode 158: Hemp Flavor Development in Beer
January 27th, 2020 | 24 mins 38 secs
Ross Koenigs from New Belgium sits down with us in Calgary to talk about his poster and quest to better understand hemp flavor in beer.
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Episode 157: Hop Oils & Haze Stabilization
January 20th, 2020 | 23 mins 51 secs
Two presenters from the hops technical session during the 2019 Master Brewers Conference in Calgary discuss the use of beta acid products in haze stabilization, as well as some practical aspects of using hop oils in the brewery.
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Episode 044: Improving Brewhouse Efficiency by Adjusting Mash Thickness and Lauter and Sparge Volumes
January 13th, 2020 | 27 mins 51 secs
Our friends from Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston describe how they reduced lauter times, decreased their grain bills by 5%, and increased average brewhouse efficiency from 89.3% to 95.5%.
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Episode 156: How Low Can You Go?
January 6th, 2020 | 24 mins 55 secs
Our friends from Escarpment Labs (EP102) discuss the impact of inoculation rate on Norwegian kveik yeast fermentation.
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Episode 155: Continuum of Malt Opportunities
December 30th, 2019 | 42 mins 27 secs
Our friends from a "large" craft maltster and a "large" craft brewer get together to talk about craft malt, winter barley, AMBA's guidelines for all-malt brewers, and more.
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Episode 012: Reducing Solid Waste in the Brewery
December 16th, 2019 | 20 mins 20 secs
This week on the show, a topic that we should all be considering: sustainability. Amy (Johnson) Dragon describes how she went about reducing the solid waste that Genesee Brewing Company sends to the landfill.
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Episode 153: Plan Your Pitch
December 9th, 2019 | 35 mins 16 secs
This week on the show, we get a glimpse at life inside a brewer's yeast supply lab. You'll hear about tips for ordering yeast, how to better align expectations with reality, and of course, when to blame the maltster.
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Episode 152: Evaluation of FPDM for STA1 Positive (Diastaticus) Yeast in the Brewery
December 2nd, 2019 | 26 mins 19 secs
Matt Linske joins us live from the 2019 Master Brewers Conference to discuss his evaluation of Farber Pham Diastaticus Medium (FPDM) for the enrichment and detection of diastaticus, and provides tips for effective use of FPDM in the brewery.
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Episode 151: Our $700 Hillbilly Yeast Propagator
November 25th, 2019 | 24 mins 22 secs
Doug needed an affordable solution for growing up yeast in the brewpub environment, so he got crafty.
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Episode 039: The Language of Hops
November 18th, 2019 | 17 mins 57 secs
An effort supported by a professional perfumer to establish a universal sensory language for hops.
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Episode 149: Sourvisiae
November 4th, 2019 | 29 mins 41 secs
The Lallemand Brewing team joins us to talk about their new bioengineered, lactic acid-producing Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ADY).
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Episode 148: OSHA in Your Brewery
October 28th, 2019 | 48 mins 55 secs
If OSHA shows up at your brewery tomorrow, are you ready?
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Episode 043: The Hop Quality Group
October 21st, 2019 | 27 mins 34 secs
An elite group of brewers working behind the scenes to improve hop quality in the US.
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Episode 146: Fermentation Consistency
October 7th, 2019 | 41 mins 14 secs
What if you could postpone buying new fermentors by reducing variability during fermentation? This week on the show, you'll hear about how this was accomplished at New Belgium while eliminating inaccurate measurements like yeast cell counts & viability.
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Episode 032: It Malt Not Be Extractly What You Think
September 23rd, 2019 | 30 mins 21 secs
A diverse group of commercial brewers work together to chase down the source of extract loss in a hypothetical brewhouse.
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Episode 144: Dr. Lewis
September 16th, 2019 | 45 mins 22 secs
Dr. Michael Lewis has trained thousands of brewers since launching the UC Davis Brewing Science program in 1962. We talk about his journey, his love affair with stout, "extreme beer," why you're using the wrong beer glass, and the responsibilities we all have as brewers.