Exploring Regional Grain Sourcing
This webinar explores the potential benefits of regionalizing a portion of a brewery's grain supply for brewers, farmers, and maltsters.Read More
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Barley is the most common starch used in brewing beer today. The resources in this section are all about barley, beginning with the farmers who grow it and ending with the brewers who select and use it.
This webinar explores the potential benefits of regionalizing a portion of a brewery's grain supply for brewers, farmers, and maltsters.Read More
Hear brief presentations from researchers doing work relevant to the craft beer industry, including work funded by BA research grants.Read More
New hop and barley varieties must be able to cope with greater temperature extremes, less precipitation, less fertilizer, and fewer phytosanitary measures.
A comprehensive look at the 2022 hops and barley harvests. Hop acreage declined slightly in the U.S., while the European harvest was the worst in decades.
Regenerative agricultural practices such as reduced tilling, cover cropping, and enhanced water management can remove significant amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere.
Continued challenges with the 2021 barley crop, sustainability, diversity, and excellence in craft malting were on the agenda at the 2022 Craft Malt Conference.
In this BA Collab Hour webinar, we provide a glimpse at what's happening with barley and hops in 2022 and beyond.Read More
A comprehensive look at the 2021 hops and barley harvests. The U.S. again saw record acreage for hops, while U.S. barley production saw steep declines.
For the November/December 2021 The New Brewer, we present our annual Raw Materials issue, focused on the world harvests for barley and hops.Read More
This issue is brought to you by Ska Fabricating
Most beer drinkers expect brewers to cancel out any surprises that Mother Nature lays on this year’s barley crop, so that their favorite beer tastes the same as it always does.