Second Annual Malt for Brewers & Distillers Workshop heads to California, September 19-20

DAVIS, CA – The Craft Maltsters Guild will host the second annual Malt for Brewers & Distillers Workshop at the University of California, Davis on September 19-20, 2022. This two-day, in-person course is custom-tailored for craft malt beverage producers and provides an extensive overview of technical malt knowledge from farm to fermenter. Maltsters and farmers…

Koji Buzz: Unique Malt Research Underway at Montana State University

By Hannah Turner, Montana State University Barley, Malt & Brewing Quality Lab An old tradition that is starting to be adopted in a new way by forward-thinking American brewers is koji processing, a practice widely found in Asian cultures. Utilized for centuries (originally discovered in Japan’s Muromachi Period of 1136-1573), koji is commonly used to…

Meet The Craft Maltsters Guild at the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Participants at the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference are invited to meet the Craft Maltsters Guild and learn more about the Craft Malt Certified™ Seal at Booth 343 at BrewExpo America. The Guild will be joined by the Artisan Grain Collaborative, a regional network focused on promoting a regenerative grainshed in the Midwest.…

Maany Ramanan: Innovating an Inclusive Future in Malting

By Stevi Cameron at RadCraft  Meet our 2022 Craft Malt Con Online scholarship recipients! First up, introducing Maany Ramanan. Maany Ramanan is a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis studying brewing and craft malting. She’s a problem-solver, a trailblazer, and a risk-taker dedicated both to malt quality and to creating a future for…