The story of how Bell's brewery reduced its electrical consumption 5% while growing production more than 3%.

Special Guests: Kate Martini and Walker Modic.

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• Case Studies in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Through Electrical Efficiency in Brewing Operations — 2020 MBAA TQ
• Focus Issue: Sustainability — 2020 MBAA TQ
• Technical Quarterly Author Guidelines — Submit Your Own TQ Article!
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• A Message From John Mallet

Practical strategies for controlling trans-2 nonenal in your brewery.

Special Guest: Eric Samp.

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• District Presentation Archives
• Important Aspects of Controlling Sulfur Dioxide in Brewing — 2017 MBAA TQ
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The father of the gluten-removed beer category joins us to discuss recently updated federal regulations that may affect your gluten-free or gluten-reduced claims. That's the first part of today's show. After the break, stay tuned to hear the story of how the first commercial gluten-removed barley brew came to life.

Special Guest: Joe Casey.

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• Recent FDA and TTB Rulings Governing the Gluten Label Claims of Fermented Beverages — 2020 District Northwest Presentation
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What New Glarus prioritizes to maximize flavor stability.

Special Guest: Dan Carey.

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We look back at the last 70 years of innovations in brewing, we look forward to what the future holds, and we hear a pint full of great anecdotes from an author with whom we're all familiar.

Special Guest: Charlie Bamforth.

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• ​​A History of Brewing Innovation — 2020 MBAA TQ
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Why Brewers Should Consider Alternatives to Tri-Clamp

Special Guest: Travis Audet.

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• Brewing Fittings - Why Brewers Should Consider Alternatives to Tri-Clamp and What are the Alternatives? — District Presentation
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We dig into a couple of peer-reviewed papers from the Master Brewers Technical Quarterly that help us navigate the complexities of hop aroma and make better beer.

Special Guests: Scott Lafontaine and Tom Shellhammer.

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• Investigating the Factors Impacting Aroma, Flavor, and Stability in Dry-Hopped Beers — 2019 MBAA TQ
• How Hoppy Beer Production Has Redefined Hop Quality and a Discussion of Agricultural and Processing Strategies to Promote It​​​​​ — 2019 MBAA TQ
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A study of 50 NA beers hunts for human pathogens.

Special Guest: Grzegorz Rachon.

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• Survival of Pathogens in Non-alcoholic Beers — 2024 World Brewing Congress
• WBC Rewind — Revisit content from World Brewing Congress 2024
• Survival of Escherichia coli O157, Salmonella Enteritidis, Bacillus cereus and Clostridium botulinum in non-alcoholic beers — Journal of the Institute of Brewing
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In 2018 Goose Island was plagued with a wild yeast contamination identified in post centrifuged products. This is how we systematically sought root cause, and ultimately eradicated the contamination despite our previous process understandings.

Special Guests: Alex Nham and Joey Tidei.

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• Poster 58 - Expectations vs reality: A systematic approach to finding the source of a micro issue in a brewery — 2020 World Brewing Congress
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The creator of infusion malts joins us to explain what they are and why they're special.

Special Guest: Cristal Peck.

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