The story of how Creature Comforts Brewing tracked down and eliminated metallic off-flavor in kettle-sours.

Special Guest: Spencer Britton.

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• Poster 14 - Tracking, quantifying, and reducing metallic qualities in kettle-soured beer — 2020 World Brewing Congress
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You've seen the headlines. Is the US government really about to change its recommendations for alcohol consumption?

Special Guests: Brian Crawford and Christopher Shepard.

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• Science Over Bias — Take Action!
• Beer & Health (EP 260) — 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?
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More engineered brewers yeast strains capable of "impossible" feats.

Special Guest: Charles Denby.

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• Poster 159 - Engineering yeast for more efficient production of hop-flavored beer — 2020 World Brewing Congress
• Workshop: In a World of Yeast Genetic Engineering: Current Technology, Production Uses, and Future Possibilities for the Brewing Industry — 2020 World Brewing Congress
• Biotransformation — Master Brewers Podcast Episodes
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How affordable automation can free up resources and improve quality in breweries of any size.

Special Guest: Matt Cottrell.

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• Internet of Things Approach to Automated Autoclave Control in Craft Brewery Laboratories ​ — 2023 MBAA Technical Quarterly
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Richard Preiss discusses his work with genetically unique yeast used to produce Norwegian farmhouse beers known as kveik.

Special Guest: Richard Preiss.

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Links:

• Characterization of kveik, Norwegian Landrace Brewing Yeast — 2018 MBAA ETC
• Traditional Norwegian Kveik Are a Genetically Distinct Group of Domesticated Saccharomyces cerevisiae Brewing Yeasts — Frontiers
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How Two Roads Brewing keeps its customers safe…alcohol or not.

Special Guest: Karen Stangl.

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• Practical safety considerations for the design of NAB/ alternative beverages — 2023 ASBC Meeting
• One Size Does Not Fit All in Food Safety — Quality Assurance & Food Safety
• International Food Safety and Quality Network
• HACCP Training with example — Simplyfoodea Food Safety YouTube Channel
• ​​​​​​​Master Brewers​ Food Safety​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Website
• Non-alcohol Beer: A Review and Key Considerations — Brewers Association
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Employer responsibilities, hazard assessments, finding the right safety glasses, the pitfalls of respiratory protection, employee buy-in, and more.

Special Guests: Andrew Dagnan, Corey Martin, and Jim Kuhr.

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Links:

• PPE in the Brewery: Key Considerations for Selection and Policy Implementation — MBAA TQ
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Hazard Assessments — MBAA Safety Toolbox Talk
• Brewery Safety Resources
• John Bryce's go-to brewery safety googles
• Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early — The Onion
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How to tap into the power of consumer testing for even the smallest of breweries.

Special Guest: Tessa Schilaty.

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• Brewing Community Engagement Through Consumer Testing: A Sensory Science Approach — MBAA TQ
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A Master Brewers member requested an episode about CO2 systems, CO2 quality, and best practices. Here it is.

Special Guests: Dave Thomas, Eric Meyer, Gabriel Dominguez, Jeff Carter, and Mark Fischer.

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An update from the fast-moving world of gene editing, as it relates to hops.

Special Guest: Chris Willig.

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• Using next-generation hop breeding tools to develop more flavorful and sustainable cultivars
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