Show overview
Master Brewers Podcast has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 349 episodes. That works out to roughly 230 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 29 min and 48 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 26 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 52 episodes published. Published by Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA).
From the publisher
<p>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.</p> <br/> <p><strong>Thank you, sponsors!</strong></p> <table style="width: 100%; text-align: center"> <tbody> <tr style="margin-bottom: 20px;"> <td style="width: 33%"><a href="http://www.hopsteiner.com/?utm_source=Fireside&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=Podcast_Sponsor_Promo" style="box-shadow: none"><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/G8Ic7vgC.png" alt="hopsteiner 100" style="width: 70%" /></a></td> <td style="width: 33%"><a href="http://www.proximitymalt.com/?utm_source=Fireside&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=Podcast_Sponsor_Promo" style="box-shadow: none"><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/eJ5h0Hyi.jpg" style="width: 50%" ></a></td> <td style="width: 33%"><a href="https://bsgcraft.com/?utm_source=Fireside&utm_medium=Homepage&utm_campaign=Podcast_Sponsor_Promo" style="box-shadow: none;"><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/IbC1PHKC.png" alt="Rahr BSG" style="width: 90%"></a></td> </tr> <tr style="margin-bottom: 20px;"> <td style="width: 33%"><a href="https://berkeleyyeast.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png" alt="BerkYeast" style="width: 60%"></td> <td style="width: 33%"><a href="https://lupulinexchange.com/?utm_source=masterbrewerspodcast " style="box-shadow: none"><img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/v8Qkx_h_.jpg" alt="Lupulin Exchange" width="80%"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
Latest Episodes
View all 349 episodesEpisode 363: Sensomics
Episode 140: Think Twice Before You Dump: A Journey to Wastewater Compliance (August 2019)
Episode 362: Aroma Hop Shelf Life
Episode 075: How Isinglass Works
Episode 361: How SHREDDER™ works
Episode 054: Stuff You Should Know About Keg Valves
Episode 360: How Pitch Rate Affects Cold Lager Fermentations
Episode 072: Yeast Propagation
Episode 359: Brewing Yeast Volume 1: Yeast Fundamentals and Propagation
Episode 241: Mash Filters
Episode 358: Lager Sensory at von Trapp
Episode 236: Sustainability at Drake's
Episode 357: Dark Beer
Episode 232: 074 (US Vista)
The 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.
Episode 356: Carlsberg's New Barleys
How serious innovation at Carlsberg is changing the outlook and timeline for barley breeding.Special Guest: Birgitte Skadhauge.
Episode 230: Under Pressure
Using the dissolved CO2 content of active fermentations to control your process. Special Guests: Andrew MacIntosh and Karen Fortmann.
Episode 355: Micro Stabilization with Chitosan Fiber
An option for microbiological stabilization that might not be on your radar.Special Guests: Audrey Carpenter and David Brown.
Episode 260: Beer & Health
You and I both know that beer has a lot of nutritional value, but are we prepared to speak intelligently about that? How do we get consumers to look past beer's stereotypes and click-bait headlines?Special Guest: Glen Fox.
Episode 354: Hop Selection
Behind the scenes at hop selection with insights from Russian River, Breakside, Ghost Town, Haas, and Yakima Chief Hops.Special Guests: Ben Edmunds, Bridget Gates, Jeff Dailey, Justin Burdt, and Vinnie Cilurzo.
Episode 242: Brewing Purposefully with Wood
How our guest uses wood in brewing, how Louis Pasteur ruined beer, and how maybe when the liquid in a barrel can't become a beer, it can get another purpose.Special Guest: Peter Bouckaert.