The Craft Maltsters Guild has awarded five individuals with scholarships to attend the 2024 Craft Malt Conference in Davis, California, for in-person and virtual attendance. This scholarship was created to provide online educational opportunities to individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, and disabilities. The recipients of the in-person…
Raising A Glass – A Note From The Executive Director, Q4 2023
As the year begins to wrap up, and we celebrate all that we have and look forward to the new year, I’m excited about the opportunities ahead for the Guild and the craft malt industry at large. Built for Craft Craft malt is built from the ground up for craft brewers and distillers. It’s one…
DEI In Action: An International Collaboration Brew For Umuganura
By Louis Livingston-Garcia Nestled in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, Rwanda is famous for its many hills, highly-lauded coffee beans, and mesmerizing mountain gorillas. And in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, craft beer is pouring through draft lines at Kweza Brewery at a pace that might soon make it another point of pride. Licensed in…
Board of Directors Update (2023, Q4 Edition)
Happy December! Since our last update, we have celebrated Craft Malt Week, welcomed a new Executive Director, announced a packed conference schedule for February’s MaltCon, and our Nominations Committee introduced a fantastic slate of candidates for seats on the Board. Craft Malt Week 2023 was a clear success, with the greatest engagement from our community…
Field To Bench: Asking Grain Scientists About Terroir
While it’s generally understood— and celebrated— that the place in which ingredients are grown impacts flavor, skeptics of terroir in malt-based beverages seem to focus on the etymology of the word; especially because of its origins in winemaking. Terroir as Webster defines it is “the combination of factors including soil, climate, and sunlight that gives…
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