According to a recent report by the Brewers Association (BA), U.S. craft breweries now consume nearly 40% of the total malt consumed by U.S. brewers, even though craft breweries only represent 12.7% of the market. And both of those percentages are expected to continue to grow. Illustration by Aubrey Laurence [...]
With every decision Aslan Brewing’s owners make, they ask themselves: Does this support our principles? And as you may know, one of their core principles is producing 100% organic beer, which is a challenging and expensive way to make beer. Raw ingredients are limited and difficult to source, additives that [...]
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles on Skagit Valley Malting. We'll be looking at SVM's impact on craft brewing, their importance to our region and the impact they can have on the malting industry. ------- There are now more than 5,300 breweries in America, and [...]
If you love the craft beer movement as much as us, then you certainly must know Sabine Weyermann and Thomas Kraus-Weyermann. You may not know them by name, and you may not have known that you just walked past them on the street in Bellingham yesterday, but you definitely know [...]
Here in the lupulin-laden Northwest, hops seem to get all the attention. But there’s also an undeniable appreciation for malt, which is often described as the soul of beer. After all, without malted barley we would have no beer. There are more than two dozen large, commercial malting companies in the [...]
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