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 047: Whirlpool Trub Carryover Effects on Beer Sensory Quality & Clarity
May 25th, 2020 | 20 mins 10 secs
Does increasing the whirlpool trub carryover by 20% significantly affect beer quality? That's what Hayley & Tom set out to determine at Stone's Richmond, VA brewery.
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Episode 038: Comparison of the Contributions of Hop Pellets, Supercritical Fluid Hop Extracts, and Extracted Hop Material to the Hop Aroma and Terpenoid Content of Kettle-Hopped Lager Beers
April 27th, 2020 | 26 mins 10 secs
Our friends from OSU join us to talk about a peer-reviewed paper comparing hop pellets, CO2 extracts, and spent hop material in kettle hop additions.
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Bonus: Introducing Plantopia
April 17th, 2020 | 33 mins 8 secs
Today, we bring you the first episode of Plantopia - a brand new podcast, produced by our very own host & producer, for APS (one of Master Brewers sister scientific societies).
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Episode 167: Manufacturing Hand Sanitizer in the Brewery
April 13th, 2020 | 48 mins 8 secs
Three different perspectives on the realities of producing hand sanitizer.
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Bonus: The New Normal
April 10th, 2020 | 27 mins 48 secs
Now that we've got some historical COVID-19 sales data, Ross is back with insights on the new normal.
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Episode 045: Spoiler Alert
April 6th, 2020 | 36 mins 12 secs
Eric Jorgenson joins us to talk about his approach to microbiology and his quick reference guide of significant bacteria found in the brewery environment.
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Episode 165: Bypassing the Malting Process with Koji
March 30th, 2020 | 28 mins 8 secs
This week on the show, our friends from Appalachian State University join us in Calgary to talk about their work evaluating koji as an alternative to traditional malting.
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Episode 164: When Draught Dries Up
March 23rd, 2020 | 23 mins 57 secs
This week, we take a break from technical brewing to talk about the new realities of selling beer during a pandemic.
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Episode 163: Kiln Temperature & Hop Quality
March 16th, 2020 | 32 mins 59 secs
New information from OSU regarding how hop kiln temperature impacts hop quality.
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Episode 013: Uneven Heating? Damaged Jackets?
March 9th, 2020 | 17 mins 42 secs
David Kapral joins us to talk about why it's critical to have thermostatic air vents and vacuum breakers on your steam jackets, and what happens when you don't.
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Episode 162: LAB Propagation & Process Control
March 2nd, 2020 | 20 mins 36 secs
Jordan Kelly joins us in Calgary to talk about Odell Brewing Company's low-cost lactic acid bacteria propagation system, as well as how they dialed-in and scaled their process.
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Episode 161: New Malting Barley Varieties in Canada
February 24th, 2020 | 18 mins 21 secs
Peter Watts joins us in Calgary to talk about a bunch of new malting barley varieties coming out of Canada.
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Episode 160: Quantifying and Probing the Inefficiency of Dry-hopping
February 17th, 2020 | 24 mins 53 secs
Tom Shellhammer joins us from the 2019 Master Brewers Conference in Calgary to shed some light on the inefficiencies of dry hopping.
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Episode 035: Brewhouse Water & Mash Chemistry
February 10th, 2020 | 24 mins 55 secs
Joe Walts joins us to talk about his TQ paper and experiences managing water chemistry in the brewhouse.
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Episode 159: How Much Does it Take?
February 3rd, 2020 | 27 mins 5 secs
Kim Syring from Surly Brewing joins us in Calgary to talk about her outside the box controlled spoilage studies to determine micro tolerance limits.
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Episode 158: Hemp Flavor Development in Beer
January 27th, 2020 | 24 mins 38 secs
Ross Koenigs from New Belgium sits down with us in Calgary to talk about his poster and quest to better understand hemp flavor in beer.