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…
Kernels: Malt In The Media Picks for Q4, 2023
2023 was another year of growth, both for our community and the Guild’s recognition as a leading organization in the malting industry at-large. We of course owe a great deal of thanks to the industry professionals and media folks sharing compelling stories about why craft malt matters. Here are a few of them from Q4…
Member Highlight: Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery
Introducing Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery, an estate brewery in Virginia that’s using 100% craft malt. Proudly the first Craft Malt Certified™ brewery in the state, Wheatland Spring hosts the annual Land Beer Fest and leads the Hope Grows project to support barley breeding research in the Mid-Atlantic growing region of the Eastern US. Their…
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