Master Brewers Podcast
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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Latest episodes
Jun 30, 2025 • 37min
Episode 337: CIP Flow Rates – when “rules of thumb” break
What’s your optimal flow rate during CIP and what happens if you don’t hit it?Special Guest: Travis Audet.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: PLAATO: Links:CIP Flow Rates – when “rules of thumb” break — 2021 Master Brewers ConferenceUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAJoin Master Brewers
Jun 23, 2025 • 52min
Episode 220: Consistent Fermentations
How to keep your brewery from becoming condominiums.Special Guest: Bill Maca.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: PLAATO: Links:Pragmatic Aspects to Consistent Fermentation Quality — 2021 MBAA TQPragmatic Aspects to Consistent Fermentation Quality — 2019 Master Brewers ConferenceReducing Error in Cell Counts — Master Brewers Podcast EP113Counting Yeast Cells — MBAA Tech TipUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAJoin Master Brewers
Jun 16, 2025 • 48min
Episode 336: Financial Literacy for Brewers
Could open-book management transform your brewery?Special Guest: Audra Gaiziunas.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: PLAATO: Links:Forging Financials From Beskar: Protecting Our Breweries From Financial Distress — District New England presentationBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarJoin Master Brewers
Jun 9, 2025 • 1h 4min
Episode 210: Benchmarking Sustainability
3 different perspectives from breweries large & small. You'll hear about the BA's Benchmarking tool, other resources to support your sustainability journey, and how to take some baby steps if you haven't made any progress yet.Special Guests: Charlie Hoxmeier, Hannah Johnson, and Lizzy Waters.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: PLAATO: Links:Lessons Learned Implementing a Sustainability Program in a Craft Brewery — 2020 MBAA TQA Case Study in Small Brewery Sustainability — 2020 MBAA TQThe Value of the Brewers Association's Benchmarking Tool — 2020 MBAA TQFocus Issue: Sustainability — 2020 MBAA TQSustainability Benchmarking Tool — Brewers AssociationTechnical Quarterly Author Guidelines — Submit Your Own TQ Article!Join Master BrewersUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAA Message From John Mallet
Jun 2, 2025 • 32min
Episode 335: RVA
Should you be paying more attention to fermentable sugars instead of total extract?Special Guest: Trevor Cowley.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: Links:Brewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarJoin Master Brewers
May 26, 2025 • 51min
Episode 203: Cloudy with a Chance of Production
Our friends at Highland Brewing talk about the network of people, tools, forecasts, and workflows that build their production schedule.Special Guests: Abbey Temoshchuk Reynolds and Matt McComish.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: Links:Cloudy with a Chance of Production: Tips for Effective Brewery Forecasting & Planning — 2020 District Carolinas PresentationUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAJoin Master Brewers
May 19, 2025 • 49min
Episode 334: Haná
What happens when you resurrect an old world landrace barley variety and give it to a bunch of brewers in CA?Special Guests: Colin Johnston and Josh Wurzbacher.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: Links:Exploring the World’s First Malting Collaboration — 2025 District Northern Cal presentationUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAJoin Master Brewers
May 12, 2025 • 44min
Episode 207: Spent Hops Disposal Dilemma
How The Matt Brewing Company deals spent hop material & other things you wish you knew before you built a brewery.Special Guest: Jim Kuhr.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: Links:Lessons Learned Regarding Spent Hop Material Recovered from Wastewater Stream and the Final Composting Solution — 2020 MBAA TQFocus Issue: Sustainability — 2020 MBAA TQUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAJoin Master Brewers
May 5, 2025 • 33min
Episode 333: Six Irish Brewing Yeasts
Effects of regional location on the genotype and phenotype of historical Irish brewing yeastSpecial Guest: Daniel Kerruish.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: Links:Effects of regional location on the genotype and phenotype of historical Irish brewing yeast — FrontiersThe origins of the Guinness stout yeast — Nature Communications BiologyThe Guinness Yeast — Master Brewers Podcast EP187Upcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CAJoin Master Brewers
Apr 28, 2025 • 43min
Episode 216: Profiling 34/70
What happens the world's most popular yeast strain gets fermented at different temperatures and pitch rates?Special Guest: Anne Flesch.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Proximity Malt: BSG: Berkeley Yeast: The Lupulin Exchange: Links:IMPACT OF THE FERMENTATION CONDITIONS ON THE WEIHENSTEPHAN LAGER STRAIN — 2020 District Northern California presentationUpcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarBrewing Summit 2025 — August 13-15 Palm Desert, CA
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