Katie Strain – Lab Manager/Lecturer – Brewery Operations

Katie is a lecturer in Brewery Operations and manages the Beverage Analytics QA/QC Laboratory. She has over nine years of experience conducting chemical and sensory analysis on alcoholic beverages. Courses taught include: Intro to Homebrewing and Fermentation, Beers of the World, Beer Styles and Service, Brewing Science and Technology, Beer and Food, and Brewing Quality Analysis.

1. K.E. Strain. Putting the Quality in QA/QC: How to ensure your lab is producing good results. Colorado Craft Brewers Summit. Fort Collins, CO, November 5, 2019. (Presentation).
2. McCarroll, M.E., Bender, K., Josephson, M., Rose, L., Strain, K. Characterization of fermentations using wild mixed cultures and the effects of bittering hops. 2016 World Brewing Congress, Denver, CO. (poster)
3. K.E. Strain, S.A. Whiting, M.J. Lydy, Laboratory and field validation of a Cry1Ab protein quantitation method for water, Talanta. 128 (2014) 109–116. doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2014.04.036.
4. S.A. Whiting, K.E. Strain, L.A. Campbell, B.G. Young, M.J. Lydy. A multi-year field study to evaluate the environmental fate and agronomic effects of insecticide mixtures. Science of the Total Environment. 497-498 (2014) 534-542.
5. K.E. Strain, M.J. Lydy, The fate and transport of the Cry1Ab protein in an agricultural field and laboratory aquatic microcosms. Chemosphere 132 (2015): 94-100.
6. S.A. Mueting, K.E. Strain, M.J. Lydy, Validation of an extraction method for Cry1Ab protein from soil, Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 33 (2014) 18–25. doi:10.1002/etc.2383.
7. A. Grover, J. Troudt, K. Arnett, L. Izzo, M. Lucas, K. Strain, et al., Assessment of vaccine testing at three laboratories using the guinea pig model of tuberculosis, Tuberculosis. 92 (2012) 105–111. doi:10.1016/j.tube.2011.09.003.