The Craft Maltsters Guild has awarded five individuals with scholarships to attend the 2024 Craft Malt Conference in Davis, California, for in-person and virtual attendance. This scholarship was created to provide online educational opportunities to individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, and disabilities. The recipients of the in-person…
DEI In Action: An International Collaboration Brew For Umuganura
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…
Craft Maltsters Guild Accepting Applications For 2024 Craft Malt Conference Scholarship Program
The Craft Maltsters Guild is committed to providing equitable access to education and opportunities in the craft malt industry to anyone interested. In 2024, the Guild will offer scholarships for both in-person and virtual attendance to the Craft Malt Conference (MaltCon2024) scheduled for February 23-24, 2024, at UC Davis, California. Two in-person scholarships will be…
DEI in Action: The Community Malt initiative aims to bring Black farmers into the brewery supply chain
By Louis Livingston-Garcia, Photos courtesy Harlem Brewing Co. Calypso barley has nothing to do with Calypso Afro-Caribbean music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, but Harlem Brewing Co. Founder Celeste Beatty can’t help but tie the two together. She sees the textures of the music and the textures of the grain as complementary rhythms. Calypso barley…
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…
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