{"id":5988,"date":"2016-02-05T12:16:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2016-02-05T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T17:16:55","slug":"quality-management-for-beer-brewing-with-mary-pellettieri-beersmith-podcast-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/05\/quality-management-for-beer-brewing-with-mary-pellettieri-beersmith-podcast-120\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Management for Beer Brewing with Mary Pellettieri &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #120"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/05\/quality-management-for-beer-brewing-with-mary-pellettieri-beersmith-podcast-120\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4549\" src=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"BSRadio\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BSRadio.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mary Pellettieri, the author of &#8220;Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries&#8221; joins me this week to discuss how to ensure quality in beer including planning, measurement, consistency and quality control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe on iTunes to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id398500515?mt=2\">Audio version <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">Video version<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-120-Quality.mp3\">Download the MP3 File<\/a> &#8211; Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file<br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-120-Quality.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bz1W6mRA9I4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (49:50)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Today my guest is Mary Pellettieri, the Co Founder and President of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topnotetonic.com\/\">La Pavia Beverages<\/a> in Milwaukee. Mary has over two decades in the beverage industry including experience as a chemist and microbiologist at the prestigious Seibel institute and Goose Island Beer Company.<\/li>\n<li>Mary starts with a short discussion of new new book <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1PSYw0T\">Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries<\/a> (Amazon Affiliate Link)<\/li>\n<li>We talk about why quality management matters in beer brewing and also what the intended audience is for this book<\/li>\n<li>Mary explains how she defines quality when it comes to beer brewing<\/li>\n<li>She discusses how to establish and manage a good quality program, even in a small brewery<\/li>\n<li>We talk about what the key components of a quality management program are<\/li>\n<li>Mary tells us how we can monitor the brewing process &#8211; starting with simple measures of quality up to much more complex labs for monitoring<\/li>\n<li>She explains some specific tests that can be used to ensure beer quality<\/li>\n<li>We talk about microbiological and chemical tests that can be done to measure and monitor beer production<\/li>\n<li>Mary also talks about the critical role that sensory analysis (tasting) plays in monitoring beer quality, even in a small brewing operation<\/li>\n<li>She shares her thoughts on how all of the pieces come together to form a complete quality management program<\/li>\n<li>Mary shares her closing thoughts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sponsors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you to our sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/beerandbrewing.com\">Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine<\/a> who is still offering a 15% discount with your subscription or other items when you use the new offer code <strong>beersmith2015<\/strong> when you purchase.<\/li>\n<li>And also <a href=\"http:\/\/anvilbrewing.com\">Anvil Brewing Equipment<\/a>. Anvil is a new line of kettles, burners and accessories from John Blichmann at Blichmann Engineering. They make top quality brewing equipment built to last a lifetime.<\/li>\n<li>Also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\">BeerSmith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/mobile\">BeerSmith Mobile software<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/dvd\">new DVDs John Palmer and I filmed<\/a> &#8211; How to Brew with Malt Extract and How to Brew All Grain are available now. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe to the BeerSmith newsletter<\/a> for free to get some great articles on home brewing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Mary Pellettieri for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes Announcements<\/strong>: I launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">video channel for the BeerSmith podcast on iTunes<\/a>, so subscribe now! At the moment it will only feature the new widescreen episodes (#75 and up). Older episodes are available on my revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/mrbeersmith\">Youtube channel<\/a>. Also all of my <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">audio episodes are on iTunes<\/a> now &#8211; so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3>\n<p>You can listen to all of my podcast episodes streaming live around the clock on our <a href=\"http:\/\/BeerSmith.com\/Radio\">BeerSmith Radio<\/a> online radio station! You can also subscribe to the audio or video using the iTunes links below, or the feed address<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Audio feed on iTunes &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a> (direct: <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/content\/feed\/podcast\"><strong>http:\/\/beersmith.com\/content\/feed\/podcast<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video feed on iTunes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/strong> (direct: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/tv\/category\/podcast\/feed\/\">http:\/\/beersmith.com\/tv\/category\/podcast\/feed\/<\/a><\/strong> )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (or use the links in the sidebar) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Mary Pellettieri, the author of &#8220;Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries&#8221; 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