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Field to Bench Barley World, Dr Pat Hayes, Full Pint, Glycosidic Nitriles, Lightning barley, malting barley, malting barley research at Oregon State, non GN barley, Oregon Promise, Oregon State University, OSU Barley Project, Scott Fisk, Thunder barley, two row winter barley, zero GN barley

Field To Bench: Thunder, Lightning, and GN 0 Barley at Oregon State University

August 30, 2022

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 Avalon malting barley, Dr. Carl Griffey, Dr. Nicholas Santantonio, malting barley research, small grains breeding, small grains genetics, Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech University Small Grains Breeding Program, Wynse Brooks

Field To Bench: 2-Row Avalon Barley, 10 Years In The Making at Virginia Tech

June 15, 2022

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 Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences, Glen Fox, Kernza, UC Davis, UC Davis Brewing Program, University of California Davis

Field To Bench: Looking Back To Move Forward with Glen Fox at UC Davis

March 16, 2022

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 barley breeding, Dr Jamie Sherman, malt barley research, Montana State University, MSU Barley Malt and Brewing Quality Lab

Field to Bench: Genetics, Test Plots, and Terroir

November 3, 2021

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…

Field to Bench Bozeman Montana, Hannah Turner, malt quality, malt quality testing lab, malt testing lab, Montana State University, MSU Barley Malt and Brewing Quality Lab

Field to Bench: Harnessing Education and Resources for the Beer Industry

October 20, 2021

By Meghan Howes, Contributing Writer for RadCraft Hannah Turner wears numerous hats as Director of Montana State University’s Barley, Malt & Brewing Quality Lab. Each workday varies, though her tasks have changed considerably from when she first came to MSU in 2006. “Early on a typical day meant getting the analyzer started, getting things milled. I’d…