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.

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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.

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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.

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Just how much pasteurization is actually needed for your NA products?

Special Guest: Grzegorz Rachon.

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Industry veteran Joe Hertrich talks about what matters most on your malt Certificates of Analysis.

Special Guest: Joe Hertrich.

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Recipe, process, and key considerations when brewing modern West Coast IPA.

Special Guest: Ben Edmunds.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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