The Brü Lab

Cade welcomes Imperial Yeast's Dr. Matt Winans back to the lab to discuss his work on hybridizing S. cerevisiae strains, namely A38 Juice and A43 Loki to create I22 Capri. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Imperial Yeast I...

This week, Cade welcomes Dr. Harmonie Bettenhausen back to the lab to discuss the fascinating work she's done on brewing with rye. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Hartwick College Center for Craft Food & Beverage Hos...

Jonah Greenbaum-Shinder, Head of Food Fermentation and Business Development at Escarpment Labs, joins Cade in the lab to chat about his work on using koji rice to turn brewery waste into usable shoyu (soy sauce) and yeast garum, vegan fish sauce alternative. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what...

Cade welcomes Tiffany Pitra, Sensory Manager at Yakima Chief Hops, and Jeff Dailey, Sensory Program Manager at John I. Haas, to the lab to discuss their work on hop smoke taint caused by wildfire smoke. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today....

Award winning homebrewer, Jordan Folks, returns to the lab to chat with Cade about information from past episodes focused on yeast. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info...

Dr. John Paul Maye, Technical Director at Hopsteiner, joins Cade in the lab to talk about his work on the impact dry hopping has on beer bitterness, IBU, and pH. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Breaking Down The Science...

This week, Cade is joined by Ryan Gregory from Hopsteiner to chat about his work on sustainable hop farming, namely as it relates to the CO2 production of different hop varieties. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Carbon D...

This week, Dr. Grzegorz Rachon returns to the lab to chat with Cade about pasteurization of beer, namely the increased time and temperature requirements to terminate heat-resistant yeast ascospores present in beer post-fermentation. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to off...

This week, Cade is joined by homebrewer John Paul Holsom to discuss the method he developed for predicting IBU with a high degree of accuracy called SMPH. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | John Paul Holsom's Website Hosted...

James Bruner from The Bruery and Offshoot Beer Company joins Cade in the lab this week to discuss the work he's done on hop creep, focusing particularly on how it can lead diacetyl and amino acid concentrations altering the flavor of dry hopped beer. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperia...

R&D and Raw Materials Manager at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Tom Nielsen, joins Cade this week to discuss public breeding efforts to produce hops with increased thiol levels, which has been funded by the Hop Quality Group (HRG) and Hop Research Council (HRC). The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about...

This week, Cade welcomes Dr. Matt Cottrell, microbiologist and Quality Manager at Heavy Seas Beer, to the lab to discuss his work that led to the discovery of 15 genes in hops that could be responsible for hop creep. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYe...

Dr. John Paul Maye, Technical Director at Hopsteiner, joins Cade in the lab to talk about the work he's done that led to the discovery of a new hop bittering acid. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Discovery of Acetohumulo...

This week, Dr. Grzegorz Rachon joins Cade in the lab to talk about the he has done on beer pasteurization, which challenges come assumptions. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Challenging the assumptions around the pasteur...

This week, award winning brewing, Jordan Folks, joins Cade in the lab to discuss information gleaned from past episodes on malted barley. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...

Dr. Renee Eriksen, Crop Improvement and Protection Research Physiologist at the USDA, joins Cade to talk about her work looking at how hops respond to extreme temperatures and lower water availability. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today....

Jeff Dailey, Associate Sensory Scientist at John I. Haas, joins Cade in the lab this week to chat about the words we use to describe hop character. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adsw...

Advanced Cicerone and Assistant Sensory Scientist at John I. Haas, Rikki Welz, joins Cade in the lab this week to discuss the ins and outs of pairing beer with food as well as tips for preparing for the Cicerone exam. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialY...

This week, Cade is joined by brewing industry veteran, Jeff Young, of Blue Owl Brewing in Austin, TX to discuss the ins and outs of brewing sour beer. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Blue Owl Brewing Hosted by Simplecast...

This week, Dr. Brian Gibson comes back to the lab to chat with Cade about his work on making no/low alcohol beer by cold fermenting with T. Delbrueckii. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Production of non-alcoholic beer vi...

Brewing research consultant, Dr. Evan Evans, joins Cade all the way from Tasmania to talk about beer foam. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Not Just Froth and Bubble by Dr. Evan Evans et al. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWi...

Micah Sweeney, Senior Research Engineer at EPRI, joins Cade in the lab this week to discuss a survey of electrical usage in San Diego breweries of various sizes as well as ways to improve efficiency. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. |...

Dr. Maria Moutsoglou joins Cade in the lab this week to discuss her fascinating work on the impact nitrogen has on yeast propagation. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Effect of the respiro-fermentative balance during yeas...

This week, Stacey Williams and Justin Alexander from New Belgium Brewing join Cade in the lab to discuss their work on hops that have been tainted by wildfire smoke. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | A HS-SPME Arrow/GC-MS...

Dr. Erica Pack joins Cade in the lab this week to chat about the fascinating work she's done on tracking mycotoxins in beer and spent grains. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Tracking Zearalenone and Type-B Trichothecene...