Master Brewers Podcast

BSG's adjunct professor & head comedian explain the difference between terms like rolled, flaked, toasted, micronized, and torrified; How it's all made, what's "mash ready," what's not, and why.

Special Guests: Allen Young and Ashton Lewis.

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• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2022 — Providence, Rhode Island | August 14-16, 2022
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How our guest uses wood in brewing, how Louis Pasteur ruined beer, and how maybe when the liquid in a barrel can't become a beer, it can get another purpose.

Special Guest: Peter Bouckaert.

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• Wood & Beer: A Brewer's Guide — By Dick Cantwell and Peter Bouckaert
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2022 — Providence, Rhode Island | August 14-16, 2022
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Luke Chadwick (Bell's), Andy Farrell (Bell's), Tom Shellhammer (OSU), and Jason Perkins (Allagash) take a deep dive into the phenomenon known as Dry Hop Creep.

Special Guests: Andy Farrell, Jason Perkins, Luke Chadwick, and Tom Shellhammer.

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• The Freshening Power of Centennial Hops

How & why to operate a mash filter

Special Guest: Jason Platek.

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• Gusmer:
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• Mash Filter Brewing — 2021 District Mid South Presentation
• Comparison of Mash Filtration and Lauter Tun Separation; Wort and Beer Quality and Hop Utilization — 2020 WBC Poster
• Practical Experiences with Mash Filtration on Thin-Bed Filters from Brews Made with Several Kinds of Raw Materials — MBAA TQ 2007
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• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Brewing Summit 2022 — Providence, Rhode Island | August 14-16, 2022
• Join Master Brewers — Use promo code BEER2022 to save 20% on dues

Have you ever wondered if you're pushing the limits of how much pressure your cans can handle? A Master Brewers Past President joins us to discuss a chart he designed to keep you out of trouble.

Special Guest: Jim Kuhr.

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• Development of a Pra​ctical Tool for Estimating Risk of Can Pressure Failures during Tunnel Pasteurization

How yeast propagation works (both in the lab & in the brewery) at Urban Chestnut Brewing Co.

Special Guest: Florian Kuplent.

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• Yeast Propagation

As reported in Nature Communications, Charles Denby used CRISPR-Cas9 to successfully engineer brewers yeast to produce linalool and geraniol. We interview both Charles and Bryan Donaldson (Lagunitas) who oversaw the sensory analysis for this groundbreaking study.

Special Guests: Bryan Donaldson and Charles Denby.

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• Brewing Summit 2022

An exciting, new 2-row winter variety coming out of Virginia Tech, the advantages winter barley brings to growers, maltsters, and brewers, the challenges ahead, and how you can get involved.

Special Guests: Ashley McFarland, Nicholas Santantonio, Trey Hill, and Zach Gaines.

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• Alfa Laval:
• Novozymes:
• Brew Ninja:
• Precision Fermentation:
• Gusmer:
• BSG:
• Proximity Malt:
• Hopsteiner:

Links:

• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Going With the Grain — Virginia Tech Magazine
• American Malting Barley Association
• Join Master Brewers — Use promo code BEER2022 to save 20% on dues
• 2022 Brewing Summit — August 14-16 | Providence, Rhode Island

How & why Resident Culture conditions with speise.

Special Guest: David Fuhrer.

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• Packaging with Speise

How Drake's Brewing Co approaches sustainability.

Special Guest: Hal McConnellogue.

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• Novozymes:
• Brew Ninja:
• Precision Fermentation:
• Gusmer:
• BSG:
• Proximity Malt:
• Hopsteiner:

Links:

• Practical Sustainability for the Modern Craft Brewery — 2021 District Northern Cal Presentation
• Giant rubber bands — Pallet Bands (Aero Rubber) - 92" x 1.5" Green Rubber
• Plastic pallets — HD Racker 48x40 - Great Pallet for Racking & Stacking - TranPak
• Reusable Pallet Wraps — (Pallet Wrapz) - 2' and 4' versions
• Seeded Event Wristbands
• Reducing Solid Waste in the Brewery — Master Brewers Podcast Episode 012
• Practical Sustainability — Master Brewers Podcast Episode 206
• Benchmarking Sustainability — Master Brewers Podcast Episode 210
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• Join Master Brewers — Use promo code BEER2022 to save 20% on dues
• 2022 Brewing Summit — ​August 14-16 | Providence, Rhode Island