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 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 145: Investigating the Factors Impacting Aroma, Flavor, and Stability in Dry-Hopped Beers
September 30th, 2019 | 46 mins 4 secs
We dig into a couple of peer-reviewed papers from the Master Brewers Technical Quarterly that help us navigate the complexities of hop aroma and make better beer.
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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.
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Episode 143: Improving Process Steam Systems
September 9th, 2019 | 30 mins 32 secs
Tips for improving your process steam system from a longtime Master Brewers district officer, contributor, and course lecturer, Steve Huffman.
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Episode 041: Zinc in Fermentation
August 26th, 2019 | 20 mins 3 secs
It's no secret that yeast needs zinc for healthy fermentation, but how much and where/when should you add it? What happens when you add too much zinc? Microbiologist Joe Kinney of FX Matt Brewing Co. joins us to help you get the right amount of zinc into your fermentations.
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Episode 141: Brewery Bots
August 19th, 2019 | 29 mins 1 sec
What if you had a brewery bot that monitored for things like out of spec fermentations, glycol reservoir temp & level, or CIP temps & times, and sent your team alerts by text message? This week on the show, Sam McElwee explains how to leverage big data in small breweries.
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Episode 140: Think Twice Before You Dump: A Journey to Wastewater Compliance
August 12th, 2019 | 41 mins 36 secs
Ann Spevacek & Eric Ritchson from Pizza Port Brewing discuss water usage and their journey to wastewater compliance.
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Episode 138: Steeping: The Fulcrum Between Good and Bad Malt
July 22nd, 2019 | 43 mins 29 secs
Tyler Schoales of Country Malt Group takes us on a deep dive into the most important step in malting.
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Episode 020: Kvass
July 1st, 2019 | 26 mins 2 secs
Alex Gertsman talks about brewing the traditional Russian beverage known as Kvass.
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Episode 134: Is PCR Right for your Brewery?
June 17th, 2019 | 27 mins 1 sec
Kevin McCabe talks about how PCR works, how he uses it at Full Sail, the different types of instruments available, their cost, and more.
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Episode 024: Malt Flavor Development
June 3rd, 2019 | 56 mins 11 secs
Industry veteran, Joe Hertrich, talks about malt flavor development, why lower color expectations are the enemy of malt flavor, and why the standard base malt used by lots of US craft brewers isn't the best choice for all-malt beers.
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Episode 132: Yeast at Founders Brewing Co.
May 27th, 2019 | 45 mins 10 secs
Back in January, Wade Begrow gave a great presentation during the annual conference District Michigan puts on together with the Michigan Brewers Guild. Master Brewers members can download Wade's Yeast 101 presentation (both slides & audio) or any...