Master Brewers Podcast

How von Trapp uses sensory to lock in lagers. Special Guest: Jack Van Paepeghem.

How Drake's Brewing Co approaches sustainability. Special Guest: Hal McConnellogue.

What’s the secret to brewing award-winning dark, malty beers? Special Guest: Ryan Fields.

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.

How serious innovation at Carlsberg is changing the outlook and timeline for barley breeding. Special Guest: Birgitte Skadhauge.

Using the dissolved CO2 content of active fermentations to control your process. Special Guests: Andrew MacIntosh and Karen Fortmann.

An option for microbiological stabilization that might not be on your radar. Special Guests: Audrey Carpenter and David Brown.

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.

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.

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.

Just how much pasteurization is actually needed for your NA products? Special Guest: Grzegorz Rachon.

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

Recipe, process, and key considerations when brewing modern West Coast IPA. Special Guest: Ben Edmunds.

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.

How Two Roads approaches training in the brewery. What to train, who trains, how to prove it, and how to make it stick on the floor. Special Guest: Jen Pesavento.

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.

How would like to be in the position of figuring out how to sell your excess CO2 rather than just accepting the price, quality, and availability from a supplier? Special Guests: Garrison Fratoni, Kim Christian Dalum, and Vinnie Cilurzo.

Everyone is doing it. Are you doing it safely? Special Guest: Mark Jaeggi.

An analysis of every commercially available non-alcoholic yeast strain. Special Guests: Andrew Maust and Scott Lafontaine.

2 real-life brewery horror stories and 3 guys who hope you'll make a new year's resolution to take brewery safety seriously. Special Guests: Brian Faivre and Eric Moore.

The Lagunitas approach to sustainable stabilization Special Guest: Sam Thompson.

Are we one step closer to understanding the origin of Hop Creep? Special Guest: Charlie Bamforth.

The Linkage between Municipal Water and Brewing Location on PFAS in beer. Special Guests: Emanuele Sozzi and Jennifer Hoponick Redmon.

Franco-Belgian style table beer & how Jester King brews their version Special Guest: Jeffrey Stuffings.

What happens when there’s not enough CO2 available for your brewery? Special Guest: Campbell Morrissy.