Each year, the Craft Maltsters Guild asks some of the leading North American grain research and professional organizations for their regional perspectives on the year’s crop quality and yields. Here are reflections from Oregon State University’s Barley Project, the Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center, the Montana Wheat & Barley Committee, the American Malting…
Choose Craft Malt Because It’s Top Quality
Why are brewers and distillers, and their fans, leaning into products made with craft malt? That’s what the Choose Craft Malt series is all about! Reason #2: Craft maltsters consistently produce the world’s most premium malts. By their very small batch nature, our member malthouses are able to purchase grains from family farmers dedicated…
Kernels: Malt In The Media Picks For Craft Malt Month 2024
The inaugural Craft Malt Month generated a lot of online buzz! Beverage trade press from across the country and regional news sources in Tennessee, California, and Colorado all shared about events and tappings. Here are a few of the highlights from September 2024. Aged For The Occasion Consumer and trade media nationwide covered the Copperworks…
Field To Bench: Virginia Heirloom Project Aims To Craft More Distilled Spirits With Heritage Grains
It started with some seed. Fifty pounds of Seashore Black Rye grain that Shelley Sackier at Reservoir Distillery in Richmond, Virginia bought from Riverbend Malt House for an heirloom rye project she’s been working on since last spring. Seashore Black Rye is an heirloom rye varietal that was revived on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Its…
2025 Malt Cup Registration Is Open
The Craft Maltsters Guild is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the 2025 Malt Cup — our 8th annual celebration of excellence in craft malting! This international malt quality competition is the only of its kind, and we encourage maltsters from across the globe to enter. Exciting New Categories for 2025 This year,…
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