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 267 Episodes.
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Episode 133: IPA
May 29th, 2023 | 52 mins 30 secs
Mitch Steele talks about the evolution of IPA. We go all the way from IPA's early history to modern times, as well as hear about some of Mitch's strategies for brewing IPA at New Realm.
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Episode 281: Progress in Prosser
May 22nd, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
There’s a new hop breeder in town and she’s been busy innovating to release public hop varieties faster. We discuss her impressive progress thus far, 2 exciting new lines to look out for, the balance of public & private breeding, how your brewery can make a difference, and more.
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Episode 081: Irish Moss
May 15th, 2023 | 34 mins 28 secs
Just when you thought you knew everything you needed to know about carrageenan and its brewing application, Andrew Fratianni & Mark Sammartino join us to get super nerdy about seaweed and help you make better beer.
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Episode 280: Hard Seltzer Fermentation Analysis & Optimization
May 8th, 2023 | 42 mins 28 secs
An analysis of hard seltzer fermentations to optimize ingredients and performance.
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Episode 139: Hot Side Aeration (HSA)
May 1st, 2023 | 23 mins 14 secs
Joe Williams, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Endowed Brewer at UC Davis, talks about HSA.
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Episode 279: CO2 Recapture Station #1
April 24th, 2023 | 50 mins 19 secs
How a brewery that punches above its weight in the sustainability department recaptures CO2 at a former top secret military listening post.
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Episode 135: Musings on a Malt COA
April 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
Mary-Jane Maurice (the only American with a diploma from the Maltsters' Association of Great Britain) arms us with more knowledge about malting and malt COAs so we can all make better beer.
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Episode 278: The Heart of Barley
April 10th, 2023 | 49 mins 41 secs
Advances in hulless malting barley (and why you should care)
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Episode 131: Brewing Berliner Weisse at the August Schell Brewing Co.
April 3rd, 2023 | 46 mins 15 secs
Jace Marti talks about Berliner Weisse production at his 159-year-old family-run brewery.
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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 276: FAN, YAN, and Dry Hop Creep
March 13th, 2023 | 31 mins 52 secs
Does FAN (from hops?!?) put the creep in dry hop creep?
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Episode 125: Spent Grains
March 6th, 2023 | 41 mins 18 secs
Everything you've always wanted to know about spent grains.
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Episode 275: A Look at Biases in Density Measurements
February 27th, 2023 | 45 mins 58 secs
Is the ubiquitous hydrometer the right tool for the job? How can you improve the accuracy & precision of your measurements?
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Episode 124: Fritz Maytag
February 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 17 mins
This is the story of how Fritz Maytag, father of the American beer revolution, transformed "the last medieval brewery in the world" into one of the most modern breweries on the planet.
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Episode 274: Professor Moose's Magical Corn
February 13th, 2023 | 56 mins 13 secs
A plant breeding experiment that’s been running continuously since 1896 produces some unexpected results.