
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

Aug 13, 2018 • 36min
Episode 100: Brewing Summit Keynote LIVE
What happens at the intersection of art and science in brewing? The Brewing Summit's keynote speaker is widely recognized for the highly imaginative and experimental beers that he has produced in his 22+ years in the brewing business. While he considers himself more avant-garde in his approach to brewing, he has long understood the role of perspective and great fundamental science as being an integral part of the flavors he chases as he knows, those who ignore the science of brewing are destined to fail. Join Tomme as he discusses his brewery operations and how art and science work together in tandem to produce world-class beers.Sponsored By:Barnum Mechanical: ABS:

Jul 23, 2018 • 17min
Episode 097: Better Fermentations with Cloudy Wort
Magdalena Oehlschlaeger discusses a novel brewhouse design which produces higher fatty acid and zinc concentrations, reduced wort aeration, higher yeast cell growth, faster extract degradation, and altered production of higher alcohols and esters.LINKS: MBAA TQ: Influence of Altered Wort Composition on Selected Parameters of Fermentation Sponsored By:Barnum Mechanical: ABS:

Jul 2, 2018 • 23min
Episode 095: FSMA
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is the biggest overhaul of US food safety laws in over 70 years. The smallest breweries are supposed to be in compliance in September 2018. Tatiana Lorca and Doug Hindman explain how to comply, where to go for resources, and who to ask for help when it comes to making food safety part of your brewery's culture.LINKS: Brewers’ Responsibilities and Obligations under the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Food Safety Modernization Act: Insights for Brewers Submit a question to the MBAA Food Safety team Sponsored By:Barnum Mechanical: ABS: Hopsteiner:

Jun 25, 2018 • 32min
Episode 094: Microbial Gluten Reduction in Beer Using Lactic Acid Bacteria and Standard Process Methods
Is that sour beer also gluten-free? Brett Taubman explores the topic of producing gluten-free/reduced beers with lactic acid bacteria.Links: MBAA TQ: Microbial Gluten Reduction in Beer Using Lactic Acid Bacteria and Standard Process Methods Special Guest: Brett Taubman.Sponsored By:ABS: Hopsteiner: Mueller:

Jun 11, 2018 • 21min
Episode 092: Automated Brettanomyces Cell Counts
If you use Brettanomyces in your brewery, you know that counting brett cells is complicated. Leo Chan joins us to discuss the development of a method to automate cell counting of Brettanomyces.Links: 2018 MBAA TQ: Monitoring Brettanomyces Concentration, Viability, and Pseudohyphae Percentage During Propagation and Fermentation Using the Cellometer X2 Image Cytometer 2016 MBAA TQ: Measuring Lager and Ale Yeast Viability and Vitality Using Fluorescence-Based Image Cytometry 2016 MBAA TQ: Measuring Glycogen, Neutral Lipid, and Trehalose Contents in Yeast Using Fluorescence-Based Image Cytometry Related slide decks Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Mueller:

May 28, 2018 • 24min
Episode 090: Sooner, Rather Than Later
What's better than learning from your own mistakes? Learning from other people's mistakes, of course. This week on the show, practical tips & lessons learned the hard way from Andy Tveekrem, who is here to help you make better beer.Special Guest: Andy Tveekrem.Sponsored By:Hopsteiner: Mueller:

May 7, 2018 • 28min
Episode 087: Bottle Conditioning
Eric Warner has been bottle conditioning beer since before some of you were born. Eric discusses different methods and his experiences. Link: Eric's webinar Link: The original Deschutes process Link: Bottle Conditioning PanelSponsored By:Hopsteiner: Mueller:

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.