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Mashing In: Craft Malt Houses Taking Root

Mashing In: Craft Malt Houses Taking Root

I was fascinated by the new American craft malting industry when I first heard it existed— craft malting presents even more opportunity for consumers to experience the regionality of their beer, and it supports the uber-local trend in craft brewing in the U.S. I felt compelled to reach out to the Craft Maltsters Guild and several of its members to learn more. I discovered that, much like craft brewing, craft malting is deeply rooted in homebrew.

First I reached out to Colorado Malting Company (CMC) in Alamosa, Colorado. CMC got its start delivering small batches of barley to homebrewers doorsteps before it expanded its client base to include many of the state’s homebrew shops. The company even has homebrew systems on site where employees brew with all of the different malts (including 2-row barley, pilsner malt, pale malt, crystal malt, chocolate malt, and wheat, as well as gluten-free grains like millet, buckwheat, and malted sunflowers) on their product list. There were also a lot of local homebrewers involved in testing some of CMC’s first products when the company launched in 2008.

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Mashing In: This Beer Week To Be 'Epic-urean'

Portland, Oregon’s craft breweries and restaurants have created not only a beer for its upcoming craft beer week (June 11 to 21), but also a beer week sandwich, doughnut, and ice cream flavor. I’d expect nothing less from a city so delightfully quirky and ornately epicurean.

Cicerone Certification Program

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Anyone can call themselves an expert on beer. But when consumers want great beer they need help from a server who really knows beer flavors, styles, and service. They also want to buy beer from a place that understands proper storage and serving so the beer they drink will taste the way it should. Too often great beer is harmed by improper handling and service practices.

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Odell Brewing Introducing a Gose

Odell Brewing of Ft. Collins, Colorado will release its newest seasonal four pack on July 4. Following Tree Shaker, Brombeere is a Gose brewed with blackberries.

Intellectual Property Ale

Intellectual Property Ale

Styles

Florida
United States
Intellectual Property Ale by Motorworks Brewing
Judges Ratings 
Description 

This American IPA is filtered and bittered with high alpha hops from the Pacific Northwest. The color is sunset orange and hazy with floral & herbal aroma. Grapefruit and orange on the palate, while also exhibiting some pineyness. Drying in the finish but supported with pale malt and a medium body.

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
6.9%
IBUs: 
85
Served at: 
50° - 55° F
Hops: 
Cascade, Centennial, Chinook
Malts: 
2 Row Pale, Carapils, Aromatic

V Twin

V Twin

Styles

Florida
United States
V Twin Motorworks Beer
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Bright Copper in color with a creamy head. Light toasted munich malt aroma with a moderate, but firm, hop bitterness to balance out the rich Vienna malt taste. Slightly creamy mouthfeel that dries in the finish. 
 

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
4.7%
IBUs: 
24
Served at: 
45° - 50° F
Hops: 
Hallertauer Mittelfrueh, Tettnanger
Malts: 
Vienna, Munich, Crystal

Motorworks Brewing

History - where it all started

Motorworks Brewing, Bradenton’s first craft brewery, was co-founded by Frank and Denise Tschida. As soon as they laid their eyes on the Bradenton property, they knew they had found something special. Built in 1923 as an automobile dealership – complete with a concrete ramp that was used to move cars from the ground floor to a second floor service area – the 27,000 sq. ft. building houses Motorworks’ full-production Brewery and Taproom.

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The SheRIff of Rock RIdge

The SheRIff of Rock RIdge

Styles

Rhode Island
United States
The SheRIff of Rock RIdge
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Watch out! The SheRIff of Rock RIdge, is here and trust us when we say this latest barrel aged brew is nothing to scoff at. A recipe of chocolate wheat, North American oats, pale malt and wheat malts was chosen for the base beer and put into 8 of their Thomas Tew Rum barrels from their adjoining distillery. Brewing with high proportions of intense darker malts brought forth aroma and tastes similar to that of a rich coffee roast and baker’s chocolate. With The SheRIff, our brewers wanted to dabble into natural spiciness adding in German chocolate rye, a malt never before used in the brew house, and an aggressive Belgian yeast strain. After 5 months in the heavily charred wooden rum barrels, big flavors of caramel, toffee, oak and aged rum gently seeped into the brew, creating complex layered flavors ready to be consumed!

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
12%
IBUs: 
53
Served at: 
45°-50°
Hops: 
Bittering: Warrior Flavor: Tradition, East Kent Golding Aroma: Aged Saaz hops,Tradition, East Kent Golding
Malts: 
North American Pale, English Crystal, Wheat, Oats and Munich, Chocolate Wheat, English Cara, Chocolate Rye

Newport Storm Brewery

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Snoop Dogg Raps On Pabst's Door

Rapper Snoop Dogg is throwing a party and Pabst Brewing Company has been invited – to pony up some cash. In a complaint filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court, the rapper states he’s entitled to payment from the sale of Pabst Brewing last year for a reported $700 to $750 million to beer entrepreneur Eugene Kashper.

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