Master Brewers Podcast
Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA)
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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Apr 30, 2018 • 22min
Episode 086: How to Assure Quality in Hops from Small-Scale Growers
How can you assure quality from small-scale hop growers? Who better to answer this question than a small-scale hop grower like Josh Mayich. Also, be sure to check out these resources: Link: Josh's checklist Link: Brewing Materials & Processes: A Practical Approach to Beer Excellence by Charles W. Bamforth Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Mueller:
Apr 2, 2018 • 15min
Episode 082: Insane in the (Hollow Fiber) Membrane
Hollow Fiber Membranes can be used for carbonation or nitrogenation of beer, production of deaerated water, and for oxygenating wort in breweries of any size. Mimi Cartee and Todd Rausch join us to explain the technology. View the poster at MBAA.comSpecial Guests: Mimi Cartee and Todd Rausch.Sponsored By:Mueller:
Mar 5, 2018 • 29min
Episode 078: Quality Systems - Part 2
No brewery is too small to take a systematic approach to quality. Gary Nicholas has some great advice for aligning your breweries priorities, data collection, and decision-making process. This week's content was curated based on a listener request.Special Guest: Gary Nicholas.
Feb 26, 2018 • 20min
Episode 077: Quality Systems - Part 1
No brewery is too small to take a systematic approach to quality. Gary Nicholas has some great advice for aligning your breweries priorities, data collection, and decision-making process. This week's content was curated based on a listener request.Special Guest: Gary Nicholas.
Feb 19, 2018 • 22min
Episode 076: Revolutionary Dry-Hopping Techniques for Larger Beer Volumes
Inefficient extraction. Beer loss. These are problems that have to be solved, even when centrifuging dry-hopped beer. Alyce Hartvigsen is looking for dry-hoppers to trial Alfa Laval's prototype Iso-Mix External Drive Rotary Jet Mixer.
Feb 12, 2018 • 23min
Episode 075: How Isinglass Works
Andrew Fratianni explains how isinglass works, how to optimize results, when and why to use auxiliary finings (such as silica solutions), and more.
Feb 5, 2018 • 22min
Episode 074: Potential Causes for Loss of Extract in a Brewery
During the MBAA Brewing & Malting Science Course, students are put into groups to work through hypothetical scenarios. The winning case study is then published in the Master Brewers Technical Quarterly. Simon Nielsen joins us to talk about the approach his group took during the 2017 course.
Jan 29, 2018 • 20min
Episode 073: Dry Hopping's Correlation with Diacetyl
Have you ever noticed that diacetyl seems to rear its head more often in hoppy beers? Is dry hopping to blame? Kara Taylor & Devin Tani from White Labs join us to discuss a presentation given during the 2017 Master Brewers Conference.
Jan 22, 2018 • 37min
Episode 072: Yeast Propagation
Understanding the basics of yeast propagation is critical for commercial brewers of all sizes. With 50 years of experience researching yeast, Graham Stewart joins us to talk about the basic principles of brewer's yeast propagation.Special Guest: Graham Stewart.
Jan 8, 2018 • 20min
Episode 070: Malting & Brewing Naked...Oats
Jordon Geurts joins us from Briess Malt & Ingredients to give us a behind-the-scenes look at product development for malted, naked oats, which can be used to enhance mouthfeel or to produce gluten free beers.Special Guest: Jordon Geurts.
