By Emily Hutto, RadCraft Our 2022 Field To Bench series has illuminated the collaboration required to execute barley research that yields useful results for producers, and our Q4 spotlight on Michigan State University (MSU) is no exception. MSU is actively researching winter malting barley, and other grains like corn, oats, and rye, in the context…
Field To Bench: Thunder, Lightning, and GN 0 Barley at Oregon State University
By Emily Hutto, RadCraft The 2022 installments of the Field To Bench series tell stories about some of the world’s leading malt research. Next up is Oregon State University. The barley researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have always found themselves on the cusp of something big in the craft malt world. Today, it’s GN…
Field To Bench: 2-Row Avalon Barley, 10 Years In The Making at Virginia Tech
We launched our Field To Bench series to tell stories about the research fueling the craft malt industry. In 2022, we’re featuring the faces behind some of the world’s leading malt research. Next up is a collection of passionate folks who represent a whole community charging toward the debut of a better-performing barley, cultivated with…
Field To Bench: Looking Back To Move Forward with Glen Fox at UC Davis
Our Field to Bench series is back in 2022, featuring the faces behind some of the world’s leading malt research. First up is Glen Fox, the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). UC Davis is home to the oldest university-based brewing program in the United…
Field to Bench: Genetics, Test Plots, and Terroir
By Meghan Howes, Contributing Writer for RadCraft Long before the term “craft malt” entered the beer industry’s imagination, enterprising scientist Dr. Jamie Sherman was breeding and testing barley and other grains. Working within Montana State University’s (MSU) Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Sherman studied the composition of several grains in an attempt to better understand the genetics…
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