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
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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.
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Episode 217: Dry Hopping & Yeast Health
July 12th, 2021 | 30 mins 7 secs
Why dry hopping & yeast health are at odds with each other, what to look out for, and how to make the best of this challenging combination.
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Episode 215: Hops & Foam
June 28th, 2021 | 36 mins 33 secs
Have you ever noticed that the more you dry-hop, the worse your foam is?
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Episode 059: Process Control Through Enzyme Understanding
June 21st, 2021 | 37 mins 47 secs
Important tools every brewer should have within reach, as we all struggle to deal with increasing competition, costs, variability in raw materials, and strive to operate more sustainable breweries.
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Episode 214: Analysis of Commercial NEIPAs
June 14th, 2021 | 47 mins 33 secs
Our friends at Hopsteiner continue to unlock the secrets of New England IPA
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Episode 213: Magnesium-accelerated Maillard reactions
June 7th, 2021 | 37 mins 47 secs
We take a deep dive into the impact Mg can have on the Maillard reactions occurring in the brewhouse and during malting.
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Episode 212: Yeast Nutrient: Hard Seltzer vs Wort
May 31st, 2021 | 55 mins 15 secs
What does a brewer who is new to brewing hard seltzer need to know about yeast & fermentation? And more importantly, what the heck is actually in yeast nutrient? Which type of nutrient do you need and how much should you be using?
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Episode 067: In the Blink of an Eye
May 24th, 2021 | 37 mins 39 secs
When Keith Miller got blasted in the face with caustic, he was blinded instantly. This could happen to any brewer. Imagine yourself crawling on the brewery floor, completely blind, in desperate search of a safety shower. What happens in the seconds immediately following an injury like this determines whether or not you'll be blind for the rest of your life. Understanding the risks and being fully prepared for an accident like this greatly increases the odds of regaining your eyesight.
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Episode 211: The Sweet Spot
May 17th, 2021 | 46 mins 21 secs
Dextrose, cane sugar, beet sugar, corn syrups, back sweetening with stevia, and more
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Episode 065: Troubleshooting Off-flavors
April 26th, 2021 | 27 mins 24 secs
4 real-life off-flavor scenarios from Highland Brewing Company, how each issue was discovered & remedied, and the role that sensory data played in each case.