Master Brewers Podcast

Sierra Nevada studies the impact of dry hopping at different stages of fermentation.

Special Guests: Maria Moutsoglou and Will Cayler.

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• Impact of dry hopping at different stages of fermentation on the physical and organoleptic quality of beers/A-044_Moutsoglou.pdf

This week on the show, Gene editing for brewers... and where things might be headed for barley & hops.

Special Guests: Steve Strauss and Tom Shellhammer.

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• A Discussion of Genetic Engineering in the Brewing Industry, Organized by ASBC & Master Brewers

What's the actual shelf life of the hops in your cooler, and what happens if you keep them there for a few more years?

Special Guest: Mark Zunkel.

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• Storage study of US Citra and GER Perle: a real-world examination of Hop Storage Index (HSI), alpha degradation, total oil and hop aroma compounds

Is your brewery just doing things the way they've always been done, or is someone like Paige optimizing processes to uncover new efficiencies and tremendous savings?

Special Guest: Paige Lesondak.

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• Increasing Efficiency In Laboratory Propagation Timing To Increase Throughput In Brewery Production

There are lots of different approaches to producing NA beer. Justin McKellar walks us through the tradeoffs of each method.

Special Guest: Justin McKellar.

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• What’s the buzz? – Non-alcoholic beer production

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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• BEER SAFETY: Practical Guides for Beer Quality — By Charles W. Bamforth
• Beer: Health and Nutrition — By Charles W. Bamforth

The quest to determine the origin of hop creep takes an interesting twist.

Special Guest: Matt Cottrell.

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• A search for diastatic enzymes endogenous to Humulus lupulus and produced by microbes associated with pellet hops driving “hop creep” of dry hopped beer - Details

The popularity of heavily-hopped beer styles has put USA hops front and center, but threats are looming; wildfire, climate change, water availability, the loss of hop farming families, and the ongoing shift from public to private hops. Hop growers Darren Gamache (VGF) and John Segal (Segal Ranch), master brewer Karl Ockert, and hop consultant Eric Sannerud joined John Bryce on stage during the 2022 Brewing Summit to discuss these topics and more.

Special Guests: Darren Gamache, Eric Sannerud, John Segal, and Karl Ockert.

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When Madtree Brewing Co. expanded from a 15 bbl brewhouse to a 100 bbl brewhouse, they experienced intermittent acetaldehyde spikes in one of their brands. Becca Ransohof & Trent Leslie walk us through the troubleshooting process that resolved the issue.

Special Guests: Becca Ransohoff and Trent Leslie.

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• Get the Fishbone diagrams

What is ISTT water and what can it do for us?

Special Guests: Carl Halterman and Jeff Gunn.

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• Ionized Surface Tension Technology (ISTT)