
Master Brewers Podcast
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Episode 138: Steeping: The Fulcrum Between Good and Bad Malt (Jul 2019)
Episode 366: Carbonation as a Control Mechanism of E. coli and Salmonella in NA Beer
Episode 240: Understanding the Risk of Can Pressure Failures (Feb 2022)
Episode 365: A Western Approach to Sake Production
Episode 253: CIP Fundamentals (July 2022)
Episode 364: pH Fundamentals
Episode 049: Breathe, Breathe, Breathe, Scream (August 2017)
Episode 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.

Episode 353: Dialing in PUs with Yeast Ascopores
Just how much pasteurization is actually needed for your NA products?Special Guest: Grzegorz Rachon.

Episode 015: Simplifying the Understanding of Malt COAs
Industry veteran Joe Hertrich talks about what matters most on your malt Certificates of Analysis.Special Guest: Joe Hertrich.

Episode 352: Modern West Coast IPA at Breakside
Recipe, process, and key considerations when brewing modern West Coast IPA.Special Guest: Ben Edmunds.

Episode 238: Winter Barley
An 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.

Episode 351: Training in the Brewery: A Food Safety Fundamental
How Two Roads approaches training in the brewery. What to train, who trains, how to prove it, and how to make it stick on the floor.Special Guest: Jen Pesavento.

Episode 243: Terrified of Being Torrified
BSG's adjunct professor & head comedian explain the difference between terms like rolled, flaked, toasted, micronized, and torrified; How it's all made, what's "mash ready," what's not, and why.Special Guests: Allen Young and Ashton Lewis.

Episode 350: Russian River's CO2 Surplus
How would like to be in the position of figuring out how to sell your excess CO2 rather than just accepting the price, quality, and availability from a supplier?Special Guests: Garrison Fratoni, Kim Christian Dalum, and Vinnie Cilurzo.

Episode 235: Flavorings That Go BOOM in the Night
Everyone is doing it. Are you doing it safely?Special Guest: Mark Jaeggi.

Episode 349: Nontraditional Yeast for NA Beer
An analysis of every commercially available non-alcoholic yeast strain.Special Guests: Andrew Maust and Scott Lafontaine.

Episode 234: New Year's Resolution
2 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.

Episode 348: Sustainable Stabilization
The Lagunitas approach to sustainable stabilizationSpecial Guest: Sam Thompson.

Episode 229: Is Hop Creep Caused by Microorganisms?
Are we one step closer to understanding the origin of Hop Creep?Special Guest: Charlie Bamforth.

Episode 347: PFAS in Beer
The Linkage between Municipal Water and Brewing Location on PFAS in beer.Special Guests: Emanuele Sozzi and Jennifer Hoponick Redmon.

Episode 233: Deconstructing Le Petit Prince
Franco-Belgian style table beer & how Jester King brews their versionSpecial Guest: Jeffrey Stuffings.

Episode 346: N2 Generation at pFriem
What happens when there’s not enough CO2 available for your brewery?Special Guest: Campbell Morrissy.

Episode 226: Stainless Steel
Understanding stainless steel alloys, corrosion, vacuum failures, and more.Special Guest: Ashton Lewis.

Episode 345: Dialing in FAN at Hendler Family Brewing
What happened when a brewery started measuring FAN and how you can do it too.Special Guest: Damase Olsson.

Episode 222: The Top 10
This week on the show we count down the greatest hits that breweries take when OSHA shows up.Special Guests: Brian Godfrey, Dana Johnson, and Gary Nicholas.

Episode 344: Biases in sensory
Learn about the many forms of bias in sensory, and some practical takeaways you can put into practice right away.Special Guest: Jen Blair.

Episode 225: Cold IPA
What it means, where it came from, and how it's made.Special Guests: Andy Morrison, John Harris, and Kevin Davey.

Episode 343: Brewing Lager at Heater Allen
The keys to brewing lager at Heater Allen Brewing.Special Guest: Lisa Allen.

Episode 221: The Best of Both Worlds
How to get away with a mid-fermentation dry-hop AND harvest healthy yeast for repitching.Special Guest: Jessica Young.

Episode 342: Canning Essentials
Filling, seaming, and hygiene for your canning line.Special Guests: Grant Smith and Kyron Zawodny.