Episode 054: Stuff You Should Know About Keg Valves

Episode 004: Dry Hopping & Its Effects on Bitterness and the IBU Test: John Paul Maye of S.S. Steiner explains the unintended consequences of dry hopping and why the standard IBU test doesn't work for dry hopped beer. by Master Brewers Podcast

19 min listen

Episode 054: Stuff You Should Know About Keg Valves: Steve Bradt from Micro Matic joins us to talk about keg valve design, function, maintenance, safety, and...hamburgers. If you work with kegs, this episode is for you, regardless of your experience level. by Master Brewers Podcast

34 min listen

Episode 050: The Relationship Between Wort Gravity and Water-to-Grist Ratio: Author & MBAA Publications Director, John Palmer, revisits a fundamentals topic that most brewers have learned but may not think about during daily operations. Explore this topic with us for a renewed understanding so you can better plan... by Master Brewers Podcast

24 min listen

Episode 078: Quality Systems - Part 2: No brewery is too small to take a systematic approach to quality. Gary Nicholas has some great advice for aligning your breweries priorities, data collection, and decision-making process. This week's content was curated based on a listener request. by Master Brewers Podcast

29 min listen

Episode 070: Malting & Brewing Naked...Oats: Jordon Geurts joins us from Briess Malt & Ingredients to give us a behind-the-scenes look at product development for malted, naked oats, which can be used to enhance mouthfeel or to produce gluten free beers. by Master Brewers Podcast

20 min listen

Episode 062: Co-fermentation Trials with S. cerevisiae & B. bruxellensis and the Organoleptic Benefits of Mixed Culture Fermentations: Nick Mader is on a mission to eliminate "black box syndrome" in regards to mixed culture fermentations. Learn how inoculation rate impacts esters and phenols. by Master Brewers Podcast

21 min listen

Episode 102: Kveik: Richard Preiss discusses his work with genetically unique yeast used to produce Norwegian farmhouse beers known as kveik. by Master Brewers Podcast

33 min listen

Episode 077: Quality Systems - Part 1: No brewery is too small to take a systematic approach to quality. Gary Nicholas has some great advice for aligning your breweries priorities, data collection, and decision-making process. This week's content was curated based on a listener request. by Master Brewers Podcast

20 min listen

Episode 060: WW Pilot Study at Holy City Brewing Co.: Matt Huddleston and Kevin Campbell of synTerra collaborated with Holy City Brewing Co. and the College of Charleston on a brewery effluent treatability study using a microcosm-scale constructed wetland system. by Master Brewers Podcast

29 min listen

Episode 072: Yeast Propagation: Understanding the basics of yeast propagation is critical for commercial brewers of all sizes. With 50 years of experience researching yeast, Graham Stewart joins us to talk about the basic principles of brewer's yeast propagation. by Master Brewers Podcast

37 min listen

Episode 056: The Craft Malt Revolution: In 2010, Christian & Andrea Stanley built one of the first craft malthouses in the US. Today, they produce 8 tons per week at Valley Malt. In this episode we catch up with the husband & wife team to hear about their challenges, successes, and... by Master Brewers Podcast

39 min listen

Episode 082: Insane in the (Hollow Fiber) Membrane: Hollow Fiber Membranes can be used for carbonation or nitrogenation of beer, production of deaerated water, and for oxygenating wort in breweries of any size. Mimi Cartee and Todd Rausch join us to explain the technology. View the poster at MBAA.com... by Master Brewers Podcast

15 min listen

Episode 057: The 2017 Hop Harvest: Many hop farms in Yakima operate 24/7 during much of September. Now that the bales are off the farms and hop selection is over, we catch up with Roy Johnson to get some perspective from one of the world's largest hop merchants. by Master Brewers Podcast

25 min listen

Episode 095: FSMA: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is the biggest overhaul of US food safety laws in over 70 years. The smallest breweries are supposed to be in compliance in September 2018. Tatiana Lorca and Doug Hindman explain how to comply, where to go... by Master Brewers Podcast

23 min listen

Episode 076: Revolutionary Dry-Hopping Techniques for Larger Beer Volumes: Inefficient extraction. Beer loss. These are problems that have to be solved, even when centrifuging dry-hopped beer. Alyce Hartvigsen is looking for dry-hoppers to trial Alfa Laval's prototype Iso-Mix External Drive Rotary Jet Mixer. by Master Brewers Podcast

22 min listen

Episode 073: Dry Hopping's Correlation with Diacetyl: Have you ever noticed that diacetyl seems to rear its head more often in hoppy beers? Is dry hopping to blame? Kara Taylor & Devin Tani from White Labs join us to discuss a presentation given during the 2017 Master Brewers Conference. by Master Brewers Podcast

20 min listen

Episode 092: Automated Brettanomyces Cell Counts: If you use Brettanomyces in your brewery, you know that counting brett cells is complicated. Leo Chan joins us to discuss the development of a method to automate cell counting of Brettanomyces. by Master Brewers Podcast

21 min listen

Episode 100: Brewing Summit Keynote LIVE: What happens at the intersection of art and science in brewing? The Brewing Summit's keynote speaker is widely recognized for the highly imaginative and experimental beers that he has produced in his 22+ years in the brewing business. While he... by Master Brewers Podcast

36 min listen

Episode 094: Microbial Gluten Reduction in Beer Using Lactic Acid Bacteria and Standard Process Methods: Is that sour beer also gluten-free? Brett Taubman explores the topic of producing gluten-free/reduced beers with lactic acid bacteria. by Master Brewers Podcast

32 min listen

Episode 075: How Isinglass Works: Andrew Fratianni explains how isinglass works, how to optimize results, when and why to use auxiliary finings (such as silica solutions), and more. by Master Brewers Podcast

23 min listen

Episode 064: Yeast Fundamentals: John Giarratano talks yeast pitch rates, how to manipulate esters and higher alcohols, and other fundamentals for the craft brewer. by Master Brewers Podcast

27 min listen

Episode 103: Colloidal Silica: Chika Ezeani discusses best practices when using silicic acid finning products. by Master Brewers Podcast

21 min listen

Episode 074: Potential Causes for Loss of Extract in a Brewery: During the MBAA Brewing & Malting Science Course, students are put into groups to work through hypothetical scenarios. The winning case study is then published in the Master Brewers Technical Quarterly. Simon Nielsen joins us to... by Master Brewers Podcast

22 min listen

Episode 138: Steeping: The Fulcrum Between Good and Bad Malt: Tyler Schoales of Country Malt Group takes us on a deep dive into the most important step in malting. by Master Brewers Podcast

43 min listen

Episode 087: Bottle Conditioning: Eric Warner has been bottle conditioning beer since before some of you were born. Eric discusses different methods and his experiences. by Master Brewers Podcast

28 min listen

Episode 031: Maintaining Good Yeast Health: Industry veteran Mark Sammartino talks about his past experiences keeping yeast happy to achieve consistent fermentations. by Master Brewers Podcast

30 min listen

Episode 036: Torulaspora delbrueckii: Max Michel (Weihenstephan) describes how he used RSM to optimize a non-Saccharomyces strain for beer. by Master Brewers Podcast

23 min listen

Episode 120: Hop Contracting 101: Industry veteran Karl Ockert talks about the economics of hop growing, contracting tips, things to look for during hop selection, contributing factors of recent hop market swings, and more. by Master Brewers Podcast

48 min listen

Episode 071: German Sour Beers of the Late 19th Century: Ron Pattinson joins us to talk about his latest publication in the MBAA Technical Quarterly. by Master Brewers Podcast

33 min listen

Episode 114: Brewery Hose: Michael Caviness joins us to talk all things brewery hose: longevity, selection, storage, cleaning, and more. by Master Brewers Podcast

38 min listen

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Episode 054: Stuff You Should Know About Keg Valves

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