Why you need a fermentation recipe just as much as you need a recipe in the brewhouse.

Special Guest: Tim Faith.

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Links:

• Fermentation Quality Control: Including Fermentation in Your Beer Recipe​​ — 2021 MBAA TQ (includes links to templates)
• John Bryce's SOP seminar — 2021 Craft Brewers Conference
• Technical Quarterly Author Guidelines — Submit Your Own TQ Article!
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2025
• Join Master Brewers

What’s going on with the recent funding cuts to barely & hops research, and how does that affect your brewery?

Special Guests: Alicia Adler, Ashley McFarland, and Scott Dorsch.

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Links:

• USDA ARS
• American Malting Barley Association
• Impact of federal terminations to barley research
• Hop Research Council
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2025
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How automation enabled one of today’s largest craft brewers to grow to scale.

Special Guest: Kevin Martini.

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Links:

• Brewery Plant Integration & Automation — World Brewing Congress 2024
• WBC Rewind
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2025
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Is your brewery prepared to rescue a team member from an FV or other confined space? Do you train & practice rescue regularly or do you plan to just wing it when seconds matter?

Special Guest: Andy Troccoli.

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Links:

• Confined Space Entry: A Regulatory and Best-Practices Review​ — 2020 MBAA TQ
• Confined Space Entry Resources — MBAA.com
• How to Establish Rules for Confined Spaces in a Brewery​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ — 2019 MBAA Webinar
• Brewery Safety Resources — MBAA.com
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2025
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A former chair of the BA’s supply chain subcommittee has advice for navigating today’s challenges.

Special Guest: Mitch Steele.

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Links:

• District Presentation Archives
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2025
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Perhaps the most practical guide to wort separation on planet earth.

Special Guest: Travis Audet.

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Links:

• Influence of precipitation of malt proteins in lautering. — MBAA TQ 1985
• Lautering - back to basics. — MBAA TQ 1993
• Factors and New Approaches for Optimizing Lautering Operations — District Eastern Canada presentation
• Improving Brewhouse Efficiency by Adjusting Mash Thickness and Lauter and Sparge Volumes — Master Brewers Podcast Episode 044
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
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What NIR analysis of roughly 200 beers at UC Davis can tell us about hitting quality targets.

Special Guests: Glen Fox and Sarah Suriano.

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Links:

• WBC Rewind
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Understanding the enzymes that drive hop creep and a novel potential control strategy.

Special Guest: Matt Cottrell.

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Links:

• Controlling Hop Creep of Dry Hopped Beer Using Exogenous Enzyme Addition to Forestall the Endogenous Dextrin Degrading Enzymes of Humulus Lupulus (Hop) — WBC Rewind
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
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• Brewing Summit 2025

Remember learning about Kveik back on episode 102? This time, we catch up with the man who tracked down these yeasts and reinvigorated a traditional farmhouse brewing culture that nearly died out. You'll also hear about a time when it was illegal NOT to brew Christmas beer.

Special Guest: Lars Marius Garshol.

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Links:

• The F​armhouse Yeast Registry — 2020 MBAA TQ
• Kveik — Master Brewers Podcast Episode 102
• Historical Brewing Techniques - The Forgotten Art of Farmhouse Brewing — by Lars Marius Garshol (Save 15% until Jan 31st 2021 by using the promo code mentioned in this episode)
• Larsblog
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Join Master Brewers

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.

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Links:

• The Inspiring History and Legacies of American Lager, Vol. 1 — "It is unlike anything else ever written on our industry…. It will stand the testament of time."