This week, Brülosophy's newest contributor, Jordan Folks, joins Cade in the lab to chat about his approach to brewing for competition that ultimately led him to winning the title of 2022 Oregon State Homebrewer Of The Year. 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.
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This week, Cade welcomes Dr. Nick Harris, Business Development Manager at Berkeley Yeast, back to the lab to discuss his fascinating work on hop terpenes, bioengineered yeast, and the early days of Berkeley 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. | Read More | Berkeley Yeast...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Stacey Williams, QA Scientist at New Belgium Brewing, and Justin Alexander, QA Chemist at New Belgium Brewing, return to the lab this week to chat with Cade about their work on mid-fermentation dry hopping. 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 | Mid-fermentation Dry-hopping Parameters and Their Impact on the Evolution of Hop ...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 27 min
This week, Cade welcomes Avi Shayevitz, R&D Research Scientist at Lallemand, bac to the lab to discuss the work he's done on how high levels of acidity in wort impact different species of brewing yeasts. 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 | The Impact of Lactic and Acetic Acid on Primary Beer Fermentation Performance an...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 16 min
This week, Cade is joined by award winning homebrewer and Brülosophy contributor, Jordan Folks, to discuss past episodes on sustainability in brewing. 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.
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 8 min
This week, Dr. Lance Shaner, founder/owner of Omega Yeast, sits down with Cade to chat about how olive can't be used to replace oxygenation prior to pitching 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. | Read More | Top Crop Blog Post: Olive Oil vs. Oxygen...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Cade welcomes Caitlin Singer, Quality and Sustainability Manager at Georgetown Brewing Company, to the lab to discuss her work on applying practical methods for improving brewery sustainability. 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 | Sustainable beer: practical applications of sustainability in your brewery...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 14 min
This week, Cade welcomes Dr. Katherine Thompson-Witrick, assistant professor in the Food Science and Human Nutrition department at University of Florida, to the lab to discuss the work she's done on the impact bicarbonates in water have when fermenting with Brettanomyces. 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 | Bicarbonate Inh...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Cade welcomes beer and brewing historian, Lars Marius Garshol, back to the lab to chat about the work he's done on fermentation times in traditional farmhouse brewing. 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 | Fermentation Times in Traditional Farmhouse Brewing...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 21 min
This week, Cade welcomes Ricky Molitor, Sensory Technologist at Boston Beer Company, to the lab to discuss the work he's done on genetically engineered yeast and how it might be used to increase thiol release through biotransformation. 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 | The Sensorial and Chemical Changes in Beer Brewed wi...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 7 min
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 I22 Capri...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 6 min
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...
Oct 26, 2022•59 min
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 Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Make Your Own Koji - Escarpme...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 11 min
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. | Read More | Implementing Sensory Methods to Detect Hop Smoke Taint, Organized by ASBC...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 14 min
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.
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 12 min
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 Of Dry Hopping And Its Effects On Bitterness...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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 Dioxide Equivalent Comparison of Commercial Hop Varieties...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 16 min
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 offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Heat resistance of yeast ascospores and theirutilisatio...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 14 min
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...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 19 min
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 Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Changes in Diacetyl and Amino Acid Co...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 8 min
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 what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Hop Quality Group Hop Res...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min
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 ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | A Search for Diastatic Enzymes Endogenous to Humulus lupulus and Produc...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 18 min
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 Acetohumulone and Acetolupulone a New Hop Alpha Acid and Beta Acid...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr
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 pasteurisation requirements of beer spoilage bacteria...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 15 min
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.
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 17 min
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. | Read More | Hop Cultivars for a Warmer and Drier World...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 18 min
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.
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min
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 ImperialYeast.com today.
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 14 min
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
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 16 min
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 via cold contact fermentation with Torulaspora delbrueckii...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min
