A five-year study settles a debate among brewers -- does barley flavor your pint? What makes a perfectly flavoured pint? It's been the obsession of brewers big and small for centuries. For some it's ...

MUSKEGON, MI - Officials look to juice the local economy by growing barley varieties and a possible malting operation for Michigan beer brewing. Barley is a vital component of many popular craft beers ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. - Barley grown outside of Fisher, Minn., is finding its way into the region's craft beers. Vertical Malt, a startup business in Crookston run by Adam Wagner and his father, Tim, uses ...

In real estate parlance, the mantra is “location.” In the food and beverage industry, the trending buzzword is “local.” For Delaware farmers considering growing a new, alternative crop — malt barley — ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Jeff Malkiewicz and Mike Chereskin had yet to find a production facility when they planted barley last year to malt for the first time. The co-founders of Great Lakes Malting Company ...

Art and collaboration collided in this year’s Malt Cup competition, as the Craft Maltsters Guild honored the oft-overlooked economic and cross-industry contributions of brewing malt production.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A batch of barley that lay forgotten for almost 100 years in storage at farm in Portland, Oregon, has found new life — thanks to booming demand for craft ...

Beer is an alcoholic beverage made from barley, water, hops, and yeast. Brewing is a complex process where the ingredients are combined and fermented to become alcoholic. Even small changes in the ...