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[Member Webinar] Creating a Modern Heirloom Variety

April 17, 2023

The term “heirloom barley variety” resonates with many brewers, conjuring visions of unique beer flavors and aromas. Maris Otter is one such heirloom. A child of ‘66, it challenges the definition of “heirloom”, and its reputed properties are inextricably bound with terroir (it can legally be grown only under contract in England) and process (floor…

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OSU Barley Project’s 2022 Harvest Yields Exciting Variety Developments

November 30, 2022

By Patrick Hayes, Campbell Morrissy, Scott Fisk, and Laura Helgerson The 2022 crop at Oregon State University, and with cooperators testing our varieties/potential varieties, was a flat-out success: the sort of season that really makes Beavers want to smack their tails in the pond. There are many tales to tell but we’ll keep this short…

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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…