The Craft Maltsters Guild invites members to attend a Town Hall with Crafted For All Principal Dr. J Jackson-Beckman to introduce the Guild’s recently launched Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative. The town hall will take place on Wednesday, November 3rd at 3:00 PM Eastern on Zoom. The Guild is committed to creating and maintaining…
As a craft maltster, your business objective is to produce and sell high-quality products for your customers. But exactly how do you measure quality? In this webinar, you'll learn how to apply approachable tasting methods and industry tools like the Hot Steep Method and Malt Flavor Maps™ to drive production decisions throughout your brand's lifecycle.…
On behalf of Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Cornell Cooperative Extension, we are pleased to announce the 5th Empire State Barley and Malt Summit to be offered virtually and free to all on December 16th, 2021 from 9:30 AM until noon! The program will include keynote speakers Harmonie Bettenhausen (Director, Hartwick College Center for Craft Food and Beverage) speaking on ‘’Managing…
Guild members are invited to join the MBAA District Western Canada for their upcoming FREE webinar Barley Crop 2021: Collaborating to Make Great Beer to be held on Dec 16 from 1-2:30 pm (CST) featuring speakers from Boortmalt, Great Western Brewing Company, and Waterloo Brewing Company (see the invitation and registration link below). Topics that…
The Craft Maltster's Guild will host the Member Malthouse Annual Meeting virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 at 12 PM Pacific / 3 PM Eastern. Board members will review the Guild’s 2020-2021 Fiscal Year Report, share working group updates, and hold discussions with Guild members during a question-and-answer period at the end. Only Member Malthouses and…
Registration is now open for Michigan's Great Beer State Conference & Trade Show! This year, the Great Lakes Hop and Barley Conference is sporting a fresh name and expanded scope as a new collaborative conference. The Great Beer State Conference & Trade Show will unite the former Great Lakes Hop and Barley Conference and Michigan Brewers…
Maltsters are contracting with growers. Maltsters should be contracting with brewers and distillers for flagship products. What do maltsters need to know about crop contracts? What about "total production" contracts? Or specialty malting for customers? We haven't even gotten to contracts across state lines! How do you write a contract for your products or supplies…
Update, January 10, 2022: Due to the recent COVID-19 case surge, the Craft Maltsters Guild has transitioned this event to an all-virtual experience for participants. This educational conference was originally slated to take place in Portland, Maine, but the rapid rise in cases and lower in-person attendance numbers motivated the Guild Board of Directors to make…
During the 2022 Craft Malt Con Virtual Trade Show, Craft Malt Conference sponsors will present virtual Q&A sessions. Attendees can expect to hear from craft malting equipment manufacturers, malt quality testing and research labs, communications and PR specialists, and leading sensory experts. Sessions will occur on the hour at the top of every hour from 10 AM…
Join Steve Hawley and Joe O’Sullivan from the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission to learn about how a group of distillers from across the country are banding together to establish, promote and protect an entirely new category of whiskey. During the seminar, we’ll discuss how the Commission crafted a formal definition for American Single Malt…
