New Ohio Craft Malthouse Supplies Malt Bill to Double Winner of Indiana Brewers Cup

Columbus Grove, Ohio – In February of this year, Barley Five Malt House began malting and selling their first batches of pale malt to local breweries and homebrewers. Selling one of their first batches to the prize-winning homebrewer, Ben Martin, who used the malt in brews that would win him first place in both the…

Heirloom Malt Brewing Award Nominees Announced

Ten nominated breweries have been chosen by the RMI Analytic Heirloom Malt Brewing Award 2018 jury, headed by Sylvia Kopp of the Brewers Association. Ms. Kopp and her team of 4 international judges selected the best beer recipes out of 28 candidates from 9 countries. The 10 nominees will compete for the RMI Analytics Heirloom Malt…

Western SARE Competitive Grants: 2019 Call for Pre-Proposals Now Open

The Call for Proposals for Western SARE Competitive Grants Chapter 1 Research and Education pre-proposals is open. Deadline is June 4, 2018, 2:00 MDT. These grants – also known as Chapter 1 for their designation in the enabling legislation – involve scientists, producers, and others using interdisciplinary approaches to address issues related to sustaining agriculture. Following scrutiny by…

Westland Distillery & Skagit Valley Malting Work to Create Locally-Harvested Peat Malt

By Tyler Pederson, Head Stillman, Westland Distillery Peated whiskey is a longstanding tradition in the whiskey-making of the Old World, but here in America, it’s a relatively new idea. Frankly, single malt whiskey in and of itself is a new concept in this country. When we started Westland—focused solely on the production of single malt—our…

Burial Beer Company Launches Ambient Terrain Series Linking Craft Brewers & Craft Maltsters Nationwide

By Tim Gormley, Head Brewer, Burial Beer Company In an effort to bring the cost of manufacturing down dramatically, American macro-breweries have brewed ubiquitous lagers in massive batches with cheap ingredients and filler grains like corn and rice. They’ve used nearly flavorless hop extracts to effectively acquire bitterness. They’ve told you to drink them as…