Brewer to Brewer: Manny Salvatori and Kevin Dugan

Brewer to Brewer: Manny Salvatori and Kevin Dugan

From All About Beer by All About Beer

May 14, 2026 · 59 min · Episode 109

About this episode

Manny Salvatori interviews Kevin Dugan about brewing and fermentation innovations.

Manny Salvatori of Blind Cat Beer Co. interviews Kevin Dugan of Joyride Brewing. This Episode is Sponsored by: Berkeley Yeast Our Tropics yeast is based on a London Ale strain, but we added a new gene to its genome that codes for a unique thiol-releasing enzyme. The enzyme converts the precursors in barley to free thiols that smell and taste like passionfruit and grapefruit. It’s super clean. No off-flavors like burnt rubber or other sulfurous notes. Just tropical aromatics. You don’t have to do anything unusual either, like mash hopping. Just pitch dry Tropics and supercharge your hazy IPA. Sennos Sennos just changed the fermentation intelligence game—again. Their new Intelligent Fusion Module packs five high-precision sensors—pH, pressure, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity—into a single compact module. One tank port and complete fermentation visibility. And, it's built to evolve. New sensing capabilities will be added over time, so your SennosM3 gets smarter as brewing science advances. Stop patching together multiple devices. Invest in an intelligence platform built for what's next. Visit sennos.com Malteurop Malting Company Malteurop Malting Company (MMC) is…

People in this episode

Host: Manny Salvatori

Guest: Kevin Dugan

Topics covered

  • brewing
  • interview
  • yeast
  • fermentation
  • craft beer

Keywords

  • brewing
  • yeast
  • craft beer
  • fermentation
  • interview

Sponsors

Berkeley Yeast, Sennos, Malteurop Malting Company

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blind Cat Beer Co., Joyride Brewing

Products: Tropics yeast, Intelligent Fusion Module

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