Kerry Caldwell suffered severe injuries from an accident in the brewhouse. She was airlifted and overcame the 34% chance of survival calculated by the hospital. This episode is both the story of her accident and a description of a simple, inexpensive device that should be installed in your brewery to prevent similar accidents. 

Special Guests: Kerry Bloxham (Caldwell) and Scott Zetterstrom.

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Links:

• Boil-Over Protection
• Brewery Safety — Master Brewers Brewery Safety Website
• Boil-Over Safety at Goose Island — Master Brewers Podcast Episode 251
• Brewery Configuration for Craft Brewing Optimization — 1997 MBAA TQ
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
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If you have the same canning line as Jack, you might want to listen up.

Special Guest: Jack Van Paepeghem.

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Links:

• Identifying and Eliminating Pectinatus in a Craft Lager Facility: A Sensory Case Study — MBAA Technical Quarterly
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Noise exposure may not be on your brewery's radar, but this is an area in which an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Special Guest: Jonathan Borntrager.

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• Berkeley Yeast:
• The Lupulin Exchange:
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Links:

• Controlling Noise Exposure in the Brewery Industry — MBAA TQ
• PROTECT YOUR HEARING — MBAA Safety Tool Box Talk
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Can chemical analytics be used to predict what a sensory panel will taste? Can machine learning be used to improve a beer?

Special Guests: Kevin Verstrepen and Michiel Schreurs.

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• BSG:
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Links:

• Predicting and improving complex beer flavor through machine learning — Nature Communications
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Specialty malt freshness, roaster technology, flavor development & complexity in specialty malts, and more.

Special Guests: Aaron MacLeod, Chris Schooley, and Jeff Bloem.

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• Berkeley Yeast:
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• BSG:
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Links:

• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
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A unique study of California malting barley and its practical takeaways for brewers.

Special Guest: Maany Ramanan.

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• BSG:
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Links:

• Effects of genotype and environment on productivity and quality in Californian malting barley — Agronomy Journal
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Three people who know a lot about malting talk about base malt flavor development and the variables driving a lot of creativity in brewing.

Special Guests: Aaron MacLeod, Curtis Davenport, and Sebastian Wolfrum.

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• ProLeiT:
• cytiva:
• Berkeley Yeast:
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What is green chemistry? How and why should you apply it in your brewery?

Special Guest: Dana Garves.

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Links:

• Implementing Green Chemistry Principles in the Beer Quality Control Laboratory: Enhancing Sustainability, Safety, and Cost Efficiency – Dana Garves - Details — 2023 Master Brewers Conference
• ASBC
• Green Chemistry - American Chemical Society
• A review of the cost analysis of iso-octane regeneration for re-use in beer bitterness analysis — 2013 MBAA Annual Conference
• Microwaving Micro Media — Oregon BrewLab
• Find Hazardous Waste Disposal Nearby
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
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Beer consumption per capita in the US has declined steadily since 1980; meanwhile, consumption of wine, cider, and spirits has increased. Keith Armstrong joins us to talk about why, as well as what brewers should be doing about it.

Special Guest: Keith Armstrong.

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Links:

• ​​Barley and Beer: A New Beginning?​ — 2020 MBAA TQ
• Barley and Beer: A New Beginning? (slides) — 2019 Master Brewers Conference Closing Session
• Upcoming Events - Master Brewers Calendar
• World Brewing Congress 2024 — Register Now!
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Brewing process and quality tips related to barley lipids

Special Guest: Aaron Golston.

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Links:

• The Impact of Barley Lipids on the Brewing Process and Final Beer Quality: A Mini-Review​ — MBAA TQ
• Barley Lipids: Impact on the Brewing Process and Beer Quality — District Eastern Canada Presentation
• District Presentation Archives
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