The BrewDeck Podcast

Featuring: Five Star Chemicals. In this episode, we're freshening up on brewhouse cleaning and sanitation, with Emily Lovato from Five Star Chemicals! What's the difference between cleaning vs. maintenance, and what happens if you don't sanitize properly? Emily recommends the top products brewers and distillers should always have on hand and what they're used for. Plus, she answers...

Featuring: La Cumbre Brewing Company. GIVEAWAY details below! Our safety series continues! In part 2, we're joined by Jeff Erway from La Cumbre Brewing Company. Jeff shares his infamous brewing injury that almost resulted in him losing his eyesight forever. He explains how this turning point shaped the way he prioritizes safety and what he's done to evolve La Cumbre's safety protocols...

Featuring: the Brewers Association Safety Subcommittee and United Malt. GIVEAWAY details below! (2:20) First, we sit down with Matt Stinchfield; Author, Safety Consultant, and Safety Subcommittee Member for the Brewer’s Association. We discuss what safety means, the most common safety concerns in the brewery, tips for speaking up to advocate for your safety, and how to create a safety culture. Did...

Featuring: Pink Boots Scholarship Winners, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Stone Brewing, and Cabin Brewing Company.  It's back-to-school season and The BrewDeck Podcast is here to say that you're never too old to learn things! In this episode, we're going behind the scenes of our two Malting Courses earlier this summer (Great Western Malting in Salt Lake City, and Canada Malting Co. in Calg...

Featuring: Great Western Malting and Bairds Malt. What exactly is Low GN malt and why is it important for distillers? We rounded up some long-time friends from across the US and the UK to discuss the need for a Low GN malt. We're joined by Great Western Malting's Director of Quality and Technical Services, Scott Garden; Bairds Malt's Commercial Sales Manager, Graham Manson; and Country...

Featuring: Shacklands Brewing Co. / We're celebrating our anniversary month with a sequel of sorts to your favourite episode, S.2 E.23 - "Dude, Let's Start a Brewery!"  We call it our 'Expansion Pack' but you can call on it for leveling up your brewery expansion plans. Kalev Nisbet from Shacklands Brewing Co. logs on to walkthrough Shacklands' upgrade map, what XP mil...

Featuring: Tailgunner Brewing Co., Horse Thief Hollow Brewing Company, and Ask Abi / Do you have the Skills to Brew the Pils? Golden lager leaders, Blake Enemark from Tailgunner Brewing (1:23) and Jake Nelson from Horse Thief Hollow (38:34), are here to share their evolutions of brewing pilsners. They walk us through brewing with North American Pilsner malts versus European Pilsner Malts, and how...

Featuring: Veterans Blend, Homes For Our Troops, and Paradox Brewery / We're kicking off Veterans Blend pre-order season! The 6th annual blend features Citra® Brand, HBC 638, Talus® Brand, and Sabro® Brand hop varieties. Proceeds benefit H omes For Our Troops (HFOT) in building and donating specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans. (3:27) First, we'...

Featuring: East Village Brewing / In this episode, we're making a splash into water chemistry and pH with Aaron Justus from East Village Brewing Company (and from our most popular episode: S2E23 "Dude, Let's Start a Brewery" ). From the first steps of understanding water chemistry in a new location and which elements to look for, to how often water testing should be done; former...

Featuring: Necromancer Brewing Company / Happy Pride Month! In this episode, we're celebrating with Lauren Hughes and Nina Santiago from Necromancer Brewing Company , in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We talk about their Code of Conduct, their 'Even Gayer' light lager that broke Facebook, Queer Beer Club, and all of their Pride Festival events ( happening this week! ). Learn about how they...

Featuring: Last Best Brewing & Distilling and Collective Arts / Get ready for Ready To Drink (RTD) cocktails! In this episode, we're joined by Bryce Parsons from Last Best Brewing & Distilling , and Matt Howell from Collective Arts . They walk us through what spirits they make and their journeys of getting into RTDs. From production methods to trending spirits, we get an inside look at...

We're LIVE from the tradeshow floor at Craft Brewers Conference 2023 in Nashville! In this mini-episode, we’re doing rapid-fire trivia with brewers, vendors, and CBC-goers. Featuring: Borderlands Brewing, Bountiful Bag, Shan Ferments, Yakima Chief Hops, and Oregon Fruit. Learn more about our CBC events, activities, and new product launches:  ⁠countrymalt.com/cbc23⁠

We're LIVE from the tradeshow floor at Craft Brewers Conference 2023 in Nashville! In this mini-episode, we’re giving you a behind-the-scenes look with our vendor friends about what goes into planning and getting to CBC with our vendor friends. Featuring: Briess Malting, Five Star Chemicals, Oregon Fruit Purees, and Country Malt Group. Learn more about our CBC events, activities, and new produ...

We're LIVE from the tradeshow floor at Craft Brewers Conference 2023 in Nashville! In this mini-episode, we’re joined by some of the breweries we collaborated with for our Booth beers! Featuring: East Nashville Beer Works, Living Waters Brewing, and Wooden Robot Brewery. Learn more about our CBC events, activities, and new product launches:  ⁠countrymalt.com/cbc23

Just in time for CBC next week, the team from Canada Malting is here to announce that their new adjuncts processing facility and bagging line is now operational, and the first product, Flaked Oats, is now available! But how does this new oat product compare? Jonas Hurtig from Cabin Brewing Company and Rob McCoy from Great Notion pop by to share their experiences having transitioned to the new oats...

Happy Earth Month from The BrewDeck Podcast! In this episode, we're celebrating the planet with Jonathan Warwick, Project Engineer for Canada Malting Co. As a part of the United Malt global family of brands, Jonathan gives us insights on the sustainability efforts at our malting facilities in Canada and the U.S. From carbon capture to water conservation and energy efficiency; we love our envir...

Competition season is coming and we've got all the best tips to help you prepare, from Nationally-ranked BJCP Judge and Brewmaster at Parallel 49 Brewing –Graham With! Graham shares how he got into beer judging and the training for it, plus how judging competitions has influenced his decisions about entering Parallel 49's beers into competitions. What are judges looking for and how can you...

Women's History Month continues on The BrewDeck Podcast! In this episode, we're honored to sit down with legends in the industry; Teri Fahrendorf (Founder of the Pink Boots Society) and Tiah Edmunson-Morton (Historian of the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives, at OSU Libraries). Tiah walks us through how women contributed to the evolution of beer and how we can learn from history to help sha...

Happy International Women's Day (eve)! Natasha Peiskar joins us to co-host our annual Women's History Month episodes on The BrewDeck Podcast. We're kicking off the celebration with Brittany Frey from MadTree Brewing Company and Karlie Pretty-McDonald from Tofino Brewing Co. They tell us about the craft beverages they're making for International Women's Day and how they're incorporating educational...

Easier head than done , this week we're diving into the science and art of head retention with Jon Downing from Niagara College and Jeremy Cross from Jack's Abby Craft Lagers. How do you get good head retention, and then how do you keep it? We examine every element of the brewing process, from ingredients to packaging and glassware for the best possible head retention. Have a question or technical...

We packed up the podcast gear and went into our backyard (Portland, Oregon) for the 10th Annual American Craft Spirits Association (ACSA) Convention for this special bonus episode! First, we have a special visit with Steve Hawley, President of the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission . Then, Caitlin Bartlemay and Joe O’Sullivan from Clear Creek Distillery join us on the tradeshow floor to share...

We're going bock to the future with Chas Nemecek of King Maker Brewing and Mario Cortes of Here Today Brewery & Kitchen . They walk us through the bocks they've brewed, the inspiration for this style and the market for these beers. Are bocks seasonal or is there year-round desire for them? Which malts are quintessential for brewing a great bock? Tune in to learn all about this goat of a style!...

We're back and better than ever!! We're kicking off Season 4 by taking a walk down memory lane to rank and recap our most popular episodes from last year. Did your favorite episode make the list? Are there any episodes you should go back and listen to? We invite you to grab your favorite craft beer or spirit, and join us for some inspiration!

Happy Holidays from The BrewDeck Podcast! We're closing out Season 3 with a very special barley harvest update from Great Western Malting and Bairds Malt. Tyler Schoales and Ben O'Gorman are here to break down the 2022 harvest in North America and the UK, how it compares to last year, when we can expect the malt to change over, how brewers and distillers can prepare for the transition, and more. P...

BREW-VERSIFICATION – noun: the action of diversifying your craft beverage offerings. In this episode, we're joined by Phil Markowski, from Two Roads Brewing , then Townes Mozer and John Watkins, from Lenny Boy Brewing . They share the ins and outs of "brew-versifying" their operations (to include distilling and kombucha-making), opportunities to overlap ingredients, and keeping employees creative...