Master Brewers Podcast
United We Brew™
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
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Episode 231: The Black Box of Biotransformation
November 22nd, 2021 | 44 mins 44 secs
Why does dry-hopping during active fermentation change sensory profiles? Is the black box of biotransformation really what drives those changes or is it something else entirely?
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Episode 230: Under Pressure
November 15th, 2021 | 44 mins 58 secs
Using the dissolved CO2 content of active fermentations to control your process.
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Episode 083: The Red Queen Hypothesis
November 8th, 2021 | 42 mins 29 secs
The disease has moved out of Africa, it's now in the Middle East. It's only a matter of time before it arrives. It's a numbers game. Pat Hayes joins us to talk about barley breeding, the race against disease, genetic tools, and more.
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Episode 229: Is Hop Creep Caused by Microorganisms?
November 1st, 2021 | 33 mins 48 secs
Are we one step closer to understanding the origin of Hop Creep?
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Episode 228: The Challenging 2021 Barley Outlook
October 25th, 2021 | 54 mins 50 secs
Are you prepared to face the most challenging barley crop most of us have ever seen?
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Episode 227: IRC7 + CRISPR = Cosmic Punch
October 18th, 2021 | 54 mins 41 secs
"Thiolized" CRISPR yeast, the world's 1st convincing argument for mash hopping, and more.
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Episode 063: Utilizing Predictive Analytics to Improve Quality & Maximize Capacity at Deschutes Brewery
October 11th, 2021 | 32 mins 13 secs
Brian Faivre explains how one of the largest craft brewers is using data and tools (accessible to breweries of any size) to improve their process.
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Episode 226: Stainless Steel
October 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
Understanding stainless steel alloys, corrosion, vacuum failures, and more.
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Episode 225: Cold IPA
September 27th, 2021 | 59 mins 34 secs
What it means, where it came from, and how it's made.
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Episode 061: Glycol Systems for Breweries
September 13th, 2021 | 38 mins 26 secs
Dan Stromberg discusses industry best practices for glycol system piping. You'll learn how to balance your system, how to size headers for correct flow rates & velocity, which pipe materials to consider, why the ubiquitous solenoid valve is a bad choice, and more.
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Episode 223: Brewing with Honey
September 6th, 2021 | 37 mins 58 secs
Tips & inspiration for using honey in your beer.
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Episode 222: The Top 10
August 30th, 2021 | 49 mins 29 secs
This week on the show we count down the greatest hits that breweries take when OSHA shows up.
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Episode 221: The Best of Both Worlds
August 23rd, 2021 | 33 mins 16 secs
How to get away with a mid-fermentation dry-hop AND harvest healthy yeast for repitching.
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Episode 080: Brewing Hoppy Beers - Targeting Flavor, Not Varietal
August 16th, 2021 | 36 mins 18 secs
Ben Edmunds describes his unique & effective approach to brewing hoppy beer.
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Episode 220: Consistent Fermentations
August 9th, 2021 | 52 mins 15 secs
How to keep your brewery from becoming condominiums.
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Episode 219: Repitching Cal Ale
August 2nd, 2021 | 33 mins 38 secs
A study examining the impacts of wort gravity, IBUs, and serial repitching of California Ale yeast.