Malt industry update: Specialty malts (craft beer) driving the marketplace
Since you are a craft brewer, we know you care about the ingredients you use. So, you might be happy to know that your growing industry is driving the success… Read More
Poor barley crop in Canada could raise craft beer prices
Craft brewers love and need the environment, and like any human relationship, it has its ups and downs. We’ve had a lot of positive agricultural news in the United States… Read More
Barley crop insurance extended to New York to boost in-state farming
New York has set its course in the world of alcohol production — it wants more local producers, and it wants them to use local ingredients. To do that as… Read More
Barley panic watch: Cornell University experimenting with crops
Hops get all the headlines, both good and bad. We want to know what hops are trending; we want to know what the hop harvest is looking like. But those… Read More
Become a bag of beer grain at a brewery, a Goose Island video we’ve been watching for about 20 minutes now
Ever wondered what it’d be like to be a bag of grain? If yes (which is a little weird), this video is for you!https://t.co/Wj9eWpv4G5 — Goose Island Beer Co (@GooseIsland)… Read More
American barley production faces big challenges, growers meet in Washington
Did you know acreage for barley has declined 57 percent in the last quarter century and further declines are likely to lead to increased imports of barley and malt? Competition… Read More
Virginia wants to incentivize growers to support craft brewing
Western breweries have come east both for distribution reasons and for the great access to abundant, quality water. The access to other ingredients isn’t quite as abundant — yet. The… Read More
Farmers to grow malting barley on Canada’s east coast
More craft brewers, not just in the U.S., but across the globe, means more ingredients, especially barley. Don’t forget that craft beer demands three to seven times more barley than… Read More
N.Y. demands crop insurance to boost in-state malt production
Mother Nature, a known puritan, seems like the only force capable of quelling the unstoppable growth of the craft brewing industry, what with all of the droughts and hops shortages… Read More
The American Malting Barley Association recommends two new varieties this year (ACC Synergy, Thoroughbred)
Barley is the backbone of great craft beer. Hops might get the limelight, but the proper malt base can raise craft beer to new malty heights. Fifty years ago, the… Read More