Master Brewers Podcast

What’s the secret to brewing award-winning dark, malty beers?

Special Guest: Ryan Fields.

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• Recipe Development: Dark Beer

The hotly anticipated release of the USDA public hop breeding program's 1st tropical aroma bomb. What it took to finally get here, what the future looks like, and more.

Special Guest: John Henning.

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• Vista Hops

How serious innovation at Carlsberg is changing the outlook and timeline for barley breeding.

Special Guest: Birgitte Skadhauge.

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• Postdomestication selection of MKK3 shaped seed dormancy and end-use traits in barley

Using the dissolved CO2 content of active fermentations to control your process.

Special Guests: Andrew MacIntosh and Karen Fortmann.

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• The Theory and Effect of Positive and Negative Pressure on Brewing Fermentations: Pressure Effects on Beer Fermentation

An option for microbiological stabilization that might not be on your radar.

Special Guests: Audrey Carpenter and David Brown.

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• The Antimicrobial Efficacy of Chitosan Fiber from Mushrooms for Stabilization and Its Beneficial Impact on Brewing Sustainability for Low and Nonalcoholic Beers

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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• Master Brewers Book Store

Behind the scenes at hop selection with insights from Russian River, Breakside, Ghost Town, Haas, and Yakima Chief Hops.

Special Guests: Ben Edmunds, Bridget Gates, Jeff Dailey, Justin Burdt, and Vinnie Cilurzo.

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• 2026 Master Brewers Conference

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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Just how much pasteurization is actually needed for your NA products?

Special Guest: Grzegorz Rachon.

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• Development of a Pasteurization Bioindicator for Nonalcoholic Beers

Industry veteran Joe Hertrich talks about what matters most on your malt Certificates of Analysis.

Special Guest: Joe Hertrich.

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• MBAA Courses: Brewing & Malting Science Course