Master Brewers Podcast

There’s a new hop breeder in town and she’s been busy innovating to release public hop varieties faster. We discuss her impressive progress thus far, 2 exciting new lines to look out for, the balance of public & private breeding, how your brewery can make a difference, and more.

Special Guest: Kayla Altendorf.

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• Improving efficiency in US public hop breeding and ways that you can participate

Just when you thought you knew everything you needed to know about carrageenan and its brewing application, Andrew Fratianni & Mark Sammartino join us to get super nerdy about seaweed and help you make better beer.

Special Guests: Andrew Fratianni and Mark Sammartino.

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• Carrageenan and Its Brewing Application

An analysis of hard seltzer fermentations to optimize ingredients and performance.

Special Guest: Ben Koppenhaver.

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• Hard Seltzer Fermentation Analysis and Optimization - Details

Joe Williams, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Endowed Brewer at UC Davis, talks about HSA.

Special Guest: Joe Williams.

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• A Review of the Impact of Brewhouse Oxidation on Beer Quality

How a brewery that punches above its weight in the sustainability department recaptures CO2 at a former top secret military listening post.

Special Guests: Julie Broaddus and Mike Sutherland.

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• Naturally Carbonated with Recaptured CO2

Mary-Jane Maurice (the only American with a diploma from the Maltsters' Association of Great Britain) arms us with more knowledge about malting and malt COAs so we can all make better beer.

Special Guest: Mary-Jane Maurice.

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• Musings on a Malt COA (slides)

Advances in hulless malting barley (and why you should care)

Special Guest: Keith Armstrong.

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• Advances in Hulless Malting Barley Varieties

Jace Marti talks about Berliner Weisse production at his 159-year-old family-run brewery.

Special Guest: Jace Marti.

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• Brewing Berliner Weisse at the August Schell Brewing Co.

What's Krispier Than KRISPY?

Special Guest: Eugene Fletcher.

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• Laboratory evolution reveals genomic changes associated with improved maltotriose utilization in a kveik beer yeast

John Palmer & Ashton Lewis help us demystify the passivation of stainless steel, separate fact from fiction, and pick up some pointers for keeping your stainless steel healthy.

Special Guests: Ashton Lewis and John Palmer.

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• Passivation of Stainless Steel