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Master Brewers Podcast

Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA)

Each week, thousands of brewers download The Master Brewers Podcast to hear interviews with the industry"s best & brightest in brewing science, technology, and operations. The show is known for featuring technical deep dives, a bit of brewing history, cutting edge research, hard lessons learned, important industry contributors, and no fluff. If you make beer for a living, this show is for you. Thank you, sponsors!

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Episode 360: How Pitch Rate Affects Cold Lager...

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2026/05/18

Can increased pitch rate accelerate fermentation at 8°C? How does pitch rate influence aroma formation in different lager yeast strains? Is there an optimal pitch rate for balancing clean flavour with desired complexity?Special Guest: Richard Preiss.

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39:36

Episode 072: Yeast Propagation

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2026/05/11

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.Special Guest: Graham Stewart.

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41:59

Episode 359: Brewing Yeast Volume 1: Yeast...

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2026/05/04

A discussion with the authors of a new book about yeast.Special Guests: Bill Maca and Florian Kuplent.

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34:51

Episode 241: Mash Filters

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2026/04/27

How & why to operate a mash filterSpecial Guest: Jason Platek.

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30:57

Episode 358: Lager Sensory at von Trapp

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2026/04/20

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

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1:05:02

Episode 236: Sustainability at Drake's

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2026/04/13

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

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44:57

Episode 357: Dark Beer

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2026/04/06

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

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47:37

Episode 232: 074 (US Vista)

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2026/03/30

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.

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50:06

Episode 356: Carlsberg's New Barleys

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2026/03/23

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

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46:08

Episode 230: Under Pressure

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2026/03/16

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

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45:12

Episode 355: Micro Stabilization with Chitosan Fiber

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2026/03/09

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

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51:35

Episode 260: Beer & Health

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2026/03/02

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.

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1:04:37

Episode 354: Hop Selection

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2026/02/23

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.

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33:46

Episode 242: Brewing Purposefully with Wood

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2026/02/16

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.

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48:07

Episode 353: Dialing in PUs with Yeast Ascopores

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2026/02/09

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

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1:13:38

Episode 015: Simplifying the Understanding of Malt COAs

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2026/02/02

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

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59:51

Episode 352: Modern West Coast IPA at Breakside

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2026/01/26

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

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1:05:06

Episode 238: Winter Barley

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2026/01/19

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.

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40:00

Episode 351: Training in the Brewery: A Food Safety...

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2026/01/12

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.

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52:06

Episode 243: Terrified of Being Torrified

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2026/01/05

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.

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