Master Brewers Podcast

Feb 02 2025 306 ep. 38 mins 2k
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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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Episode 198: Bierkrieg: Follow the Money

Feb 02 2025 56 mins  
The guy who explained how we narrowly avoided an American Reinheitsgebot on episode 174 is back with more surprises. This time you'll hear about the widespread use of malt substitutes in Germany, a beer war, and the birthplace of America's most popular beer style.Special Guest: Greg Casey.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-upl

Episode 326: THP

Jan 26 2025 33 mins  
How mousey off-flavor is formed in beer and how it can be measured.Special Guests: Glen Fox and Paulina Streimikyte.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/G8Ic7vgC.png" alt="hopsteiner 100">Proximity Malt: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uplo

Episode 209: How Bells Brewery Significantly Reduced its Electrical Bill & Carbon Footprint

Jan 19 2025 58 mins  
The story of how Bell's brewery reduced its electrical consumption 5% while growing production more than 3%.Special Guests: Kate Martini and Walker Modic.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png" alt="BerkYeast">The Lupulin Exchange: <img src=&qu

Episode 325: Controlling t2N

Jan 12 2025 40 mins  
Practical strategies for controlling trans-2 nonenal in your brewery.Special Guest: Eric Samp.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png" alt="BerkYeast">The Lupulin Exchange: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862

Episode 202: The Omission Story + New Gluten-Free/Reduced Regs

Jan 05 2025 48 mins  
The father of the gluten-removed beer category joins us to discuss recently updated federal regulations that may affect your gluten-free or gluten-reduced claims. That's the first part of today's show. After the break, stay tuned to hear the story of how the first commercial gluten-removed barley brew came to life.Special Guest: Joe Casey.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <im

Episode 324: Flavor Stability

Dec 29 2024 60 mins  
What New Glarus prioritizes to maximize flavor stability.Special Guest: Dan Carey.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png" alt="BerkYeast">The Lupulin Exchange: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44

Episode 197: A History of Brewing Innovation

Dec 22 2024 69 mins  
We look back at the last 70 years of innovations in brewing, we look forward to what the future holds, and we hear a pint full of great anecdotes from an author with whom we're all familiar.Special Guest: Charlie Bamforth.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png"

Episode 323: Brewing Fittings

Dec 15 2024 45 mins  
Why Brewers Should Consider Alternatives to Tri-ClampSpecial Guest: Travis Audet.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png" alt="BerkYeast">The Lupulin Exchange: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44c

Episode 145: Investigating the Factors Impacting Aroma, Flavor, and Stability in Dry-Hopped Beers

Dec 08 2024 46 mins  
We dig into a couple of peer-reviewed papers from the Master Brewers Technical Quarterly that help us navigate the complexities of hop aroma and make better beer.Special Guests: Scott Lafontaine and Tom Shellhammer.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png" alt="

Episode 322: Survival of Pathogens in Non-Alcoholic Beers

Dec 01 2024 32 mins  
A study of 50 NA beers hunts for human pathogens.Special Guest: Grzegorz Rachon.Sponsored By:Berkeley Yeast: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd-ad18-93b0038a8945/gFdfSI36.png" alt="BerkYeast">The Lupulin Exchange: <img src="https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/6/6862bc36-d6ba-44cd