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 297: Is it Really Lager/Ale?
December 26th, 2023 | 40 mins
Different paths of evolution and answers to questions about the genetic identity of commercially available yeast strains.
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Episode 147: Dry Hop Geyser Survivors
December 18th, 2023 | 36 mins 37 secs
Dry hop geyser survivors talk about their experiences and how you can avoid repeating their dangerous mistakes.
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Episode 296: Stratification
December 11th, 2023 | 39 mins 16 secs
Mechanisms and Strategies to Manage Temperature Stratification in Brewery Vessels
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Episode 142: What's In Your Can?
December 4th, 2023 | 29 mins 45 secs
To rinse or not to rinse - what's in your can? Our friends at Community Beer take us on a journey to eliminate microbes @ can filling.
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Episode 295: "Ghost Dimpling"
November 27th, 2023 | 24 mins 35 secs
Real-world can seamer troubleshooting courtesy of Master Brewer's award-winning technical brewing forum.
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Episode 137: How a Beer Comes to Life
November 20th, 2023 | 48 mins 38 secs
Jason Perkins talks about beer development at Allagash Brewing Co.
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Episode 294: Benchmarking and Reducing CO2 Consumption
November 13th, 2023 | 42 mins 50 secs
Frequent MBAA course lecturer, Gabriel Dominguez, offers tips to reduce your brewery's CO2 consumption.
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Episode 293: RO Sustainability at Firestone Walker
November 6th, 2023 | 42 mins 46 secs
A simple engineering solution with complex implementation.
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Episode 130: Yeast Genome Changes During Serial Repitching
October 30th, 2023 | 40 mins 16 secs
Maitreya Dunham and Tom Schmidlin talk about an exciting study that aims to better understand yeast mutations during serial repitching.
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Episode 115: Today's Challenges in Beer Quality
October 23rd, 2023 | 50 mins 53 secs
Author of Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries and founder of Top Note Tonic, Mary Pellettieri, discusses how innovation challenges quality systems.
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Episode 292: Authenticity vs Technology
October 16th, 2023 | 50 mins 37 secs
Charlie Bamforth discusses authenticity vs technology in lager beer production.
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Episode 110: The Microbiological Impact of Dry Hopping Beers with Pelletized and Whole Cone Cascade Hops
October 9th, 2023 | 26 mins 42 secs
Does dry hopping inoculate your beer with beer spoiling bacteria? Do the anti-microbial properties of hops offer enough protection? Can dry hopping fix a dirty beer? This week on the show, our friends from Shiner set out to better understand the microbiological impact of dry hopping.
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Episode 291: The Master Brewers Innovation Fund
October 2nd, 2023 | 45 mins 55 secs
Master Brewers wants to fund your next innovation. Hear how the program works, as well as an overview of several projects that have already been funded.
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Episode 106: Electrical Safety in the Brewery
September 25th, 2023 | 22 mins 59 secs
The MBAA Brewery Safety Committee brings you the story of a real-life electrical accident in a brewery, as well as tips and other resources for keeping brewers safe.
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Episode 290: Pat Hayes
September 18th, 2023 | 37 mins 10 secs
Catch up with Pat Hayes before he delivers the keynote address during the Master Brewers Conference in Seattle Oct 6. We discuss some exciting new releases coming just before Pat’s retirement, the OSU barley project, how Pat ended up becoming a barley breeder in the first place, and more.
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Episode 108: Sensory Programs - Finding Value From Day 1
September 11th, 2023 | 58 mins 1 sec
Has your brewery put off building a sensory program because it seems overwhelming? Lindsay Barr is here with the tips and baby steps you need to make immediate progress. We also take a peek under the hood of the ASBC Sensory Subcommittee and hear about some of the awesome new tools they've produced. Whether your brewery needs to start from scratch or already has a functional sensory program, this interview with Lindsay is sure to help you take things to the next level.