Master Brewers Podcast

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About the show

Each week, thousands of brewers download The Master Brewers Podcast to hear interviews with the industry's best & brightest in brewing science, technology, and operations. The show is known for featuring technical deep dives, a bit of brewing history, cutting edge research, hard lessons learned, important industry contributors, and no fluff. If you make beer for a living, this show is for you.


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Episodes

  • Episode 117: AromaSmart

    January 23rd, 2023  |  55 mins 42 secs

    Val Peacock talks about the biggest problem in hop quality - hop drying. You'll also hear from Bill Arendt, the Wisconsin hop grower who built a better mousetrap.

  • Episode 272: Just The Haze

    January 16th, 2023  |  39 mins 45 secs

    The story behind the development of the first NA beer from Sam Adams

  • Episode 271: Comprehensive Quality at Odell's

    January 9th, 2023  |  41 mins 10 secs

    Half of Odell's small but impressive quality team joins us to discuss what they do.

  • Episode 270: What to Do Before Breaking Ground on Your New Brewery

    January 2nd, 2023  |  58 mins 13 secs

    Advice for how to navigate brewery construction

  • Episode 116: Be Kind to Your Grind

    December 26th, 2022  |  33 mins 4 secs

    Kevin Sibbett discusses a lauter tun upgrade at Yuengling, the process of optimizing brewhouse efficiency, troubleshooting malt handling, and understanding mill gaps and grist composition.

  • Episode 113: Reducing Error in Cell Counts

    December 19th, 2022  |  37 mins 24 secs

    It doesn't matter how good you are at counting cells if the sample wasn't prepared and handled properly. Bill Maca takes us on a deep dive into the most important part of yeast cell counts that nobody talks about.

  • Episode 269: Thermal Degradation Units

    December 12th, 2022  |  35 mins 24 secs

    A powerful tool for making quality decisions.

  • Episode 268: Free Thiol Release

    December 5th, 2022  |  33 mins 19 secs

    Cécile Chenot discusses observations from thiol research at Université Catholique de Louvain

  • Episode 267: Effect of pasteurization on bright and hazy IPAs

    November 28th, 2022  |  30 mins 12 secs

    A thorough test of an age-old debate, conducted on modern beer styles

  • Episode 111: Burst Bottle Detection & Mitigation

    November 21st, 2022  |  39 mins 12 secs

    From a consumer safety standpoint, glass shards from broken bottles present one of the most serious risks that a brewery may encounter. In order to mitigate the considerable risk to consumers, any brewery that runs a glass bottle filler should develop and implement a formal burst bottle mitigation procedure for their packaging department.

  • Episode 266: NA Production for the Craft Brewer

    November 14th, 2022  |  37 mins 45 secs

    Mitch Steele has advice for craft brewers who want to produce non-alcoholic products.

  • Episode 265: Measuring Sessionability

    November 7th, 2022  |  29 mins 20 secs

    Boston Beer determines how to accurately measure sessionability before releasing a new brand.

  • Episode 264: Nuts!

    October 31st, 2022  |  35 mins 8 secs

    What happens when an allergen is grown on the farm next door?

  • Episode 109: Timing is Everything

    October 24th, 2022  |  40 mins 9 secs

    Sierra Nevada studies the impact of dry hopping at different stages of fermentation.

  • Episode 263: Gene Editing for Brewers

    October 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

    This week on the show, Gene editing for brewers... and where things might be headed for barley & hops.

  • Episode 262: T90 Shelf Life Study

    October 10th, 2022  |  41 mins 15 secs

    What's the actual shelf life of the hops in your cooler, and what happens if you keep them there for a few more years?