We'll close down Craft Malt Week on Friday, September 24th with a preview of the 2022 Craft Malt Conference from Guild Executive Director, Jesse Bussard at 1 PM Eastern on our Instagram account @craftmalting. Get the latest details on what the Guild has planned for this beloved annual community gathering and hear about some of…
Course Overview: Join Northern Crops Institute (NCI) for an in-person course on Barley and Malt Quality: A Field to Brewhouse Perspective. This course will provide information to participants who are looking for hands-on experience in techniques used in barley breeding, utilizing barley and malt quality testing equipment, and grain marketing. Participants of this course will…
Brewers rely on starch from mostly malt to provide fermentable sugars. The fermentation doesn’t always go to plan for a range of reasons but sometimes it is because the fermentable sugar profile isn’t always the same. How does this link to malt? When considering malt quality, the inherent grain starch properties influence the fermentable sugars,…
When? Thursday, October 14th from 3-4 PM Eastern What? Craft malt can be a significant point of differentiation for a distiller’s brand. This panel will introduce distillers to the Craft Maltsters Guild and all the resources they provide. Learn how to find craft malt producers in your area, how craft malt is produced, and ways you can…
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…
