Earlier this year Loveland, Colorado’s Root Shoot Malting nearly swept the Malt Cup awards, receiving four medals: gold in the Pilsen, Light Munich, and Vienna categories, and silver in Pale Malt. 2023 marks the second year that Root Shoot took home the traveling Malt Cup for overall Best in Show for their Genie Pilsen malt. …
DEI In Action: Craft Malt Conference Reflections From Kayla Stinnett
Kayla Stinnett was one of six scholarship recipients at the 2023 Craft Malt Conference. Our scholarship committee was impressed with the way she’s paved her own path working in the craft brewing industry facilitating marketing for Cahaba Brewing, and as a contractor doing more marketing and event planning for other entities. Kayla is in the…
Meet The 2023 Soles of Malt Award Recipient, Oechsner Farms
We were joined in Portland at the Craft Malt Conference by Thor and Rachel Oechsner who received the Soles of Malt Award. It was an honor having them there with us to learn, and to partake in our annual ‘Malt Me Mama’ song during the awards ceremony. Afterwards, Thor told us more about the farm…
Craft Maltsters Guild Seeks New Executive Director
The Craft Maltsters Guild is in search of a new organization leader. The Board of Directors’ ED Search Committee has taken the last several weeks to evaluate the needs of our Guild, and we look forward to the search for candidates. We’re hopeful and excited for what’s to come. If you have a potential candidate…
Kernels: Malt in the Media Picks for Q2, 2023
Spring is in full swing and we have a fresh crop of new stories and podcasts to share with you. Read on for our second quarter picks of the best reads and listens featuring craft malt from across the craft beverage and ag media landscape. In mid-February, Alabama Craft Malt Certified brewer Doug Tibbs shared…
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