What is Kernza and does it belong in your next recipe?

Special Guests: Alexandra Diemer , Harmonie Bettenhausen, Juan Medina Bielski, Tessa Peters, and Xiang Yin.

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• Kernza® Perennial Grain — District Rocky Mountain Presentation
• Kernza.org
• 2022 AURI Value Chain Report — Supply chain, pilot studies, and various technical spec sheets for Kernza's performance and potential product utilization.
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This is what happens when someone reaches out to suggest a great podcast topic. Becky Rudolf had questions about centrifuge operation so we mobilized a small army of Master Brewers members to provide answers.

Special Guests: Andrew Conlon, Becky Rudolf, Christopher Clausen, Louwrens Wildschut, Marco Garcia, Morgan Harry, Steven Lyerly, and Zach Kelly.

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Links:

• In-line carbonation and centrifuge integration — Ask The Brewmasters
• Centrifuge and fruit — Ask The Brewmasters
• Post centrifuge filtration — Ask The Brewmasters
• Hot side centrifuging — Ask The Brewmasters
• Inlet Turbidity vs. Centrifuge Flowrate and Outlet Turbidity — Ask The Brewmasters
• Centrifuge Twice — Ask The Brewmasters
• High gravity beer centrifuge problem. — Ask The Brewmasters
• Loss percents through centrifuge — Ask The Brewmasters
• World Brewing Congress 2024
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We celebrate the first decade of craft malt by catching up with a few of its pioneers and talking about what craft malt can do for beer.

Special Guests: Andrea Stanley, Brent Manning, and Todd Olander.

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• Craft Maltsters Guild
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We take a deep dive into oak barrels. You'll hear about the properties of oak, the different types, and all about the complexities of seasoning and toast.

Special Guests: Amy LaHue, Andrew Wiehebrink, and Noah Steingraeber.

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• Oak 101: Understanding Oak — District Michigan Presentation
• District Presentation Archives
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A preview of the Olympics of brewing conferences, the WBC, which only occurs every 4 years and hasn’t been held in person since 2016 due to the pandemic.

Special Guests: Lauren Torres and Sylvie Van Zandycke.

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• World Brewing Congress 2024
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We go behind the scenes with the 3 moderators responsible for ensuring the highest possible quality content on the industry’s best technical brewing forum.

Special Guests: Andy Tveekrem, Lars Larson, and Walter Heeb.

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Links:

• Delayed Effects of Dissolved Oxygen in Cans — Ask The Brewmasters
• Mash Press Filter — Ask The Brewmasters
• Hitting Mash In Temperature — Ask The Brewmasters
• Having trouble cooling tanks below 2-3 Degrees C — Ask The Brewmasters
• Employee compliance suggestions for quality, security and safety — Ask The Brewmasters
• whirlpool velocity, spin time and rest time — Ask The Brewmasters
• POF in lager — Ask The Brewmasters
• Grist Case Geometry / Grain Clogging — Ask The Brewmasters
• Pastuerization Units — Ask The Brewmasters
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Does your brewery can or bottle? Do you pay close attention to your rinser or just assume it does what it's supposed to? This week on the show, we take a deep dive into water rinsers with a team of Master Brewers who collaborated to publish a Best Practices document you can use to get bottle and can rinsing done right.

Special Guests: Ben Bailey, Dave Duff, Eric Samp, Heather Muzzy Caron, and Tim Lozen.

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Links:

• Best Practices - Container Rinsing with Water — MBAA TQ 2019
• Container Quality — MBAA Communities of Practice
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We thought we'd celebrate our 300th episode by giving John Bryce they day off...kind of.

Special Guest: John Bryce.

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• Rolando Random & The Young Soul Rebels — The music!
• “Ich bin kein Berliner.” — John's brewing school blog
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We take a look at spirit barrel aging techniques from the perspective of Julian Shrago at Beachwood Brewing

Special Guest: Julian Shrago.

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• Spirit Barrel Aging: Processes, Procedures, and Techniques for Small-Scale Programs — 2019 MBAA Technical Quarterly
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A case study at New Belgium to understand the impact of can coatings on beer volatiles.

Special Guests: Brooke Gushen and Nate Burns.

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• Case Study: Impact of Can Coatings on Beer Volatiles — 2023 ASBC Meeting
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