Episode 196: Goose Island's Wild Yeast Chase

In 2018 Goose Island was plagued with a wild yeast contamination identified in post centrifuged products. This is how we systematically sought root cause, and ultimately eradicated the contamination despite our previous process understandings.

Special Guests: Alex Nham and Joey Tidei.

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Links:

• Poster 58 - Expectations vs reality: A systematic approach to finding the source of a micro issue in a brewery — 2020 World Brewing Congress
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