2nd Annual Malt Cup Category Winners, Best of Show Announced at 2020 Craft Malt Conference

Bussard, Jesse February 17, 2020

On February 7th, 2020 the winners of the 2020 Malt Cup were announced at the Craft Malt Conference. This is the second year the Craft Maltsters Guild held the competition which is open to American maltsters. In 2020, there were two categories (up from one the previous year) – Light Munich and Pale Malt. Quality analysis was conducted on all samples by the Montana State University Malt Quality Lab to ensure entries met the specs for each category. Samples then underwent a blind hot-steep method wort tasting in numerous locations around the United States by qualified sensory panels that included brewers, distillers, Cicerones, and malting experts. The results for this year’s competition are posted below.