Happy Easter
We wish all brewers and all our customers Happy Easter. At www.bestmalz.de/en/best-accessoires/ you can buy our crafty malts on display and more of our BESTMALZ® products. Hope to see you soon!
March 2018
Interview with a craft brewer: Criminally good beer
Craft brewers are a mixed bunch – and can be very interesting to talk to. BESTMALZblog was at the “Braukunst Live” trade fair, where we talked to Dario Stieren, a young craft brewer, who says that his Munich Brew Mafia makes “beer with an exciting taste that is pleasant to drink.” BESTMALZblog: Why did you [...]
February 2018
Return of the beer can
Canned beer had a bad reputation for a long time. It was drunk mainly by punks and bums, and only the German rock band Illegal 2001 could claim that “Canned beer makes you smart”. In 2003 a deposit was put on cans in Germany, and the fate of this lightweight aluminum container was sealed: Sales [...]
January 2018
#BestBrewChallenge 2018: No limits!
It has been six long months and we are back. On 17 May 2018, precisely at 2 pm CET, we are once again going to brew most intriguing beers together with brew enthusiasts from around the world in the course of a new edition of #BestBrewChallenge 2018 (BBC 2018). Anyone can participate in the #BestBrewChallenge [...]
December 2017
Merry Christmas
The entire BESTMALZ team wishes all customers, partners and friends a Merry Christmas and all the best for the next year!
October 2017
Simply the BEST is a team effort
Who are the people behind BESTMALZ? How does each and every one of them help to ensure that we make top-quality products every day that reach our customers on time? We wanted to make their efforts visible – and launched a quality campaign “Simply the BEST is a team effort”. As part of the campaign, [...]
September 2017
Hobby brewers excel at #BestBrewChallenge 2017
Three hobby brewers, including two from Germany, won the top prizes at this year’s BestBrewChallenge, the international brewing competition held by malt producer BESTMALZ AG. First place and the main prize – a weekend in Heidelberg for two – went to Hunter Brew from Schwarzenbek near Hamburg with their brown ale “Öckel”. Second place was [...]
German base, specialty and craft malts award-winning beers: BESTMALZ® at drinktec 2017 in Munich
BESTMALZ® presents its products at this year’s drinktec, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, from 11 to 15 September 2017. Come and visit us at booth #415 in hall B1 of the Munich exhibition centre: Our malt masters will be available for you to answer all your questions about [...]
July 2017
Honed senses and neutrality are key
The atmosphere in the tasting room at Heidelberger Brauerei is extremely focused: People sit at two tables with five long-stemmed tasting glasses and an assessment sheet in front of them. They take a sniff at the beer, take a small swig, hold it up to the light and make notes. Water bottles and bowls of [...]
“If you make a mistake at the beginning, nothing will come of it” – all you need to know about growing barley
Ernst-Otto and Claudia Rüdinger from Wallertheim grow barley, the grain used by BESTMALZ to make its quality malts. They also produce wine – at first glance an unusual combination, but not uncommon in Rhine-Hesse. Wine and barley have similar requirements: They both need plenty of warmth, sunshine, and soil that does not need much rain. [...]