Master Brewers Podcast

Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA)

Brewing Science

Non-Alcoholic Beer

Yeast

Brewing Techniques

Beer

Brewing Process

Sustainability

Fermentation

Craft Brewing

Brewing Industry

Craft Beer

Quality Control

Brewing

Yeast Strains

Hop Creep

Hop Aroma

Dry Hopping

Hops

Microbiology

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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. Tha... more

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Publishes	Weekly	Episodes	348	Founded	10 years ago
Number of Listeners		Categories	ScienceArtsFood

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Episode 211: The Sweet Spot

Dextrose, cane sugar, beet sugar, corn syrups, back sweetening with stevia, and more.

Special Guest: Scott Helstad.

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14 Sep 2026 • 45 min

Episode 211: The Sweet Spot (May 2021)

Dextrose, cane sugar, beet sugar, corn syrups, back sweetening with stevia, and more.

Special Guest: Scott Helstad.

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14 Sep 2026 • 45 min

Episode 368: We Can Totally Fit That Somewhere

A guide to strategically leveraging the used equipment market.

Special Guests: Garrett Meier, Kayla Johnson, and Mike Gerhart.

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7 Sep 2026 • 55 min

Episode 148: OSHA in Your Brewery (Oct 2019)

If OSHA shows up at your brewery tomorrow, are you ready?

Special Guests: John Olaechea and Nicole Reiman.

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Recent Guests

Garrett Meier

Speaker with Full Sail Brewing experience, discusses capacity modeling and used equipment

Full Sail Brewing

Episode: Episode 368: We Can Totally Fit That Somewhere

Kayla Johnson

Speaker with First Key Consulting, focuses on capacity and utilities planning

First Key Consulting

Episode: Episode 368: We Can Totally Fit That Somewhere

Mike Gerhart

Speaker with First Key Consulting, covers site layout, utilities, and procurement considerations

First Key Consulting

Episode: Episode 368: We Can Totally Fit That Somewhere

Betsy Roberts

Director of the Center of Melting Excellence with Breeze Malted Ingredients

Breeze Malted Ingredients

Episode: Episode 367: Arabinoxylan vs. Beta Glucan

Tyler Schoales

Malt Specialist

Country Malt Group (current); former at Great Western Malting, Baird's Malt, Canada Malt

Episode: Episode 138: Steeping: The Fulcrum Between Good and Bad Malt (Jul 2019)

Joy Waite-Cusic

Professor of Food Safety and Quality Systems

Oregon State University

Episode: Episode 366: Carbonation as a Control Mechanism of E. coli and Salmonella in NA Beer

Greg Rachon

Brewing Microbiology researcher

Camden BRI (UK)

Episode: Episode 366: Carbonation as a Control Mechanism of E. coli and Salmonella in NA Beer

Oliver Meinhold

Technical director for brewing of the C. Loeffler Company

C. Loeffler Company

Episode: Episode 253: CIP Fundamentals

Ashton Lewis

International Technical Account Manager, RAR BSG

RAR BSG

Episode: Episode 364: pH Fundamentals

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John Bryce

Host of The Master Brewers Podcast

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4.8 out of 5 stars from 420 ratings

Thiols
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Sully
4 years ago
Brewing Science Heaven!
I’ve been listening to beer podcasts for well over a decade now, and MBAA's podcast is by far the best for getting the most succinct brewing industry technical knowledge! This podcast sold me on finally getting a membership with the MBAA too. Yeah, the audio/production quality for the first several episodes were garbage (when not being a brewer, I’m a broadcast journalist with the Air National Guard), but it’s much better now. Keep that in mind for the first several if you find your face conform... more
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wakeele
United States5 years ago
Love it!
Can’t do anything without listening this podcast!
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IskandarBass
Italy6 years ago
The best beer education out there
I love attending CBC and watching BA, ASBC and MB webcast seminars, but IMHO, this is the most educational 30 - 40 minute investment a pro brewer can make. Episode after episode is packed with valuable information.
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beerphoto
United States6 years ago
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An informative technical brewing podcast but the sound quality makes it unlistenable.
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Some feedback points to early episodes needing better audio quality, but content quality remains strong.

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High production values and strong guest rosters drive ongoing listener loyalty.

Listeners praise technical depth and real-world applicability for brewing professionals.

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Episode 368: We Can Totally Fit That Somewhere

Q: What are practical steps to audit utilities before bringing in larger vessels or faster packaging lines?

Start with a capacity model for chiller, boiler, and compressors, then price out expansion needs for steam, power, and cooling; involve qualified personnel to assess permitting and per-foot costs, and map out where the new equipment will physically connect and operate within existing utility networks.

Episode 368: We Can Totally Fit That Somewhere

Q: Walk us through how a brewery should model core inputs like process cycle times, shrink, shift patterns, and utility constraints to locate its true bottleneck before spending money.

Begin with a complete inventory of products and plans for future products, then map every input in time, from milling to packaging; build a baseline capacity model that shows hours required per product and the resulting bottleneck, subsequently layering labor, downtime, and utility constraints to derive a realistic capacity and identify the true bottleneck.

Episode 253: CIP Fundamentals (July 2022)

Q: What are the four pillars of the cleaning center circle and how do they interact?

The four pillars are chemical concentration, mechanical energy, temperature, and time. They interact by trade-offs: increasing temperature can reduce needed concentration or time, but can risk safety and equipment; increasing mechanical energy or time can compensate for lower temperature or concentration; optimal cleaning comes from balancing all four for the specific equipment and soil.

Episode 240: Understanding the Risk of Can Pressure Failures (Feb 2022)

Q: What practical steps should a brewery take when applying these findings to real-world canning and pasteurization processes?

Develop a visual, color-coded reference tool tailored to your container's exact PSI rating and your product's CO2 level and temperature targets; validate the tool with actual tests on your lines; rotate lids and ensure fresh components; maintain tight control of fill heights to manage headspace; implement robust CO2 measurement practices and instrument calibration; and set realistic client expectations when approaching the edge of the safe zone to avoid costly failures.

Episode 240: Understanding the Risk of Can Pressure Failures (Feb 2022)

Q: Okay, you can't just make a reference chart without validating the numbers. What safety considerations and methods did you use during the experiments?

We used a temperature-controlled water bath to simulate tunnel pasteurization, while monitoring both the water bath and the internal can temperature, holding at target temperatures for a defined duration to observe when and how cans failed. We wore safety precautions and evaluated both lid and dome failures, noting that older lids tend to fail earlier due to metal relaxation from aging. We also weighed the cans before testing to correlate fill height with performance, and we emphasized repeatability by taking multiple measurements to confirm numerical consistency.

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The show consistently centers on brewing science, safety, and operations, delivering technical deep-dives that range from CIP and pH fundamentals to carbonation safety, waste streams, and aroma science. Episodes frequently feature researchers, industry engineers, and senior brewers who share practical frameworks, experimental results, and real-world constraints, making it a valuable resource for pro brewers, packaging teams, and QA/food-safety professionals. A notable rhythm is the blend of rigorous data, actionable takeaways, and candid discussions about limits, regulatory framing, and implementation in craft and larger-scale operations. The program stands out for its hands-on engineering mindset, cross-disciplinary guest lineup, and a tra... more

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