Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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Episode 098: Dry Hop Creep
14/03/2022 Duration: 39minLuke Chadwick (Bell's), Andy Farrell (Bell's), Tom Shellhammer (OSU), and Jason Perkins (Allagash) take a deep dive into the phenomenon known as Dry Hop Creep. Special Guests: Andy Farrell, Jason Perkins, Luke Chadwick, and Tom Shellhammer.
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Episode 241: Mash Filters
07/03/2022 Duration: 34minHow & why to operate a mash filter Special Guest: Jason Platek.
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Episode 240: Understanding the Risk of Can Pressure Failures
28/02/2022 Duration: 38minHave you ever wondered if you're pushing the limits of how much pressure your cans can handle? A Master Brewers Past President joins us to discuss a chart he designed to keep you out of trouble. Special Guest: Jim Kuhr.
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Episode 239: Yeast Propagation at Urban Chestnut
21/02/2022 Duration: 49minHow yeast propagation works (both in the lab & in the brewery) at Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. Special Guest: Florian Kuplent.
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Episode 084: Brewing Hoppy Beer with CRISPR Instead of Hops
14/02/2022 Duration: 48minAs reported in Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03293-x), Charles Denby used CRISPR-Cas9 (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/update-crispr) to successfully engineer brewers yeast (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/science/craft-beer-hops.html) to produce linalool and geraniol. We interview both Charles and Bryan Donaldson (Lagunitas) who oversaw the sensory analysis for this groundbreaking study. Special Guests: Bryan Donaldson and Charles Denby.
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Episode 238: Winter Barley
07/02/2022 Duration: 01h04minAn exciting, new 2-row winter variety coming out of Virginia Tech, the advantages winter barley brings to growers, maltsters, and brewers, the challenges ahead, and how you can get involved. Special Guests: Ashley McFarland, Nicholas Santantonio, Trey Hill, and Zach Gaines.
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Episode 237: Packaging with Speise
31/01/2022 Duration: 36minHow & why Resident Culture conditions with speise. Special Guest: David Fuhrer.
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Episode 236: Sustainability at Drake's
24/01/2022 Duration: 01h04minHow Drake's Brewing Co approaches sustainability. Special Guest: Hal McConnellogue.
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Episode 096: Efficacy of Sanitizers in the Brewery
17/01/2022 Duration: 25minElliot Parcells & Josh Pohlmann put together some experiments to better understand if the sanitizers used at Bell's Brewery were doing their jobs.
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Episode 235: Flavorings That Go BOOM in the Night
10/01/2022 Duration: 33minEveryone is doing it. Are you doing it safely? Special Guest: Mark Jaeggi.
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Episode 234: New Year's Resolution
03/01/2022 Duration: 32min2 real-life brewery horror stories and 3 guys who hope you'll make a new year's resolution to take brewery safety seriously. Special Guests: Brian Faivre and Eric Moore.
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Episode 069: Diastaticus - Part 2
27/12/2021 Duration: 35minOver-carbonation. Exploding bottles. Lawsuits. Super-attenuation caused by diastaticus contamination is a hot topic in the brewing industry. We bring you interviews with brewers, yeast suppliers, and independent microbiologists to talk about detection, prevention, and more. Whether your strategy is to keep diastaticus out of your brewery altogether or to manage it alongside other Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains lacking the STA gene, you're guaranteed to learn something from these interviews. Special Guests: Andy Tveekrem, Matthew Peetz, Matt Linske, Michelle McHugh, Sylvie Van Zandycke, Tobias Fischborn, and Wade Begrow.
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Episode 068: Diastaticus - Part 1
20/12/2021 Duration: 29minOver-carbonation. Exploding bottles. Lawsuits. Super-attenuation caused by diastaticus contamination is a hot topic in the brewing industry. We bring you interviews with brewers, yeast suppliers, and independent microbiologists to talk about detection, prevention, and more. Whether your strategy is to keep diastaticus out of your brewery altogether or to manage it alongside other Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains lacking the STA gene, you're guaranteed to learn something from these interviews. Special Guests: Andy Tveekrem, Matthew Peetz, Matt Linske, Michelle McHugh, Sylvie Van Zandycke, Tobias Fischborn, and Wade Begrow.
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Episode 233: Deconstructing Le Petit Prince
13/12/2021 Duration: 49minFranco-Belgian style table beer & how Jester King brews their version Special Guest: Jeffrey Stuffings.
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Episode 091: How a Chiller System Works
06/12/2021 Duration: 35minHow brewery chillers work, troubleshooting tips, common mistakes, and easy preventative maintenance to keep it running for years to come. Special Guest: Damon Reed.
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Episode 232: 074
29/11/2021 Duration: 47minThe hotly anticipated release of the USDA public hop breeding program's 1st tropical aroma bomb. What it took to finally get here, what the future looks like, and more. Special Guest: John Henning.
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Episode 231: The Black Box of Biotransformation
22/11/2021 Duration: 44minWhy 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? Special Guests: Leandro Meiners and Mati Cavanna.
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Episode 230: Under Pressure
15/11/2021 Duration: 44minUsing the dissolved CO2 content of active fermentations to control your process. Special Guests: Andrew MacIntosh and Karen Fortmann.
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Episode 083: The Red Queen Hypothesis
08/11/2021 Duration: 42minThe 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. Special Guest: Patrick Hayes.
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Episode 229: Is Hop Creep Caused by Microorganisms?
01/11/2021 Duration: 33minAre we one step closer to understanding the origin of Hop Creep? Special Guest: Charlie Bamforth.