The craft beer trend has breathed new life into malt: Special beers demand a corresponding malt. But in fact, special malts have always been around. So what is new about this latest trend? What makes a special or craft malt stand out? Basically, pale base malts like Pilsen or light-colored wheat malts are the real [...]
For a long time, the term “sommelier” was only used to refer to wine waiters, but for the past ten years or so the qualification has also existed for beer sommeliers, and demand is growing. Annika Klee from the BESTMALZ marketing team completed her education as a beer sommelier in [...]
What makes a good malt? Whatever type of malt we are creating or refining – whether it is a standard, special or craft malt – we at BESTMALZ rely on a magical blend of four elements that have to harmonize! And here are the four elements we are talking about: Color Sensory properties Ingredients Processability [...]
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Homebrewing is all the rage: Following the increasing popularity of craft beer, the homebrewing wave has now spilled over to Germany. However, unlike in English-speaking countries, where brewing kits and the necessary equipment and ingredients have been available in larger supermarkets for years, homebrewers in Germany have to rely on special providers or online shops. [...]
End of March, the Braugersten-Gemeinschaft e. V. (German Malting Barley Association) has compiled an overview of summer barley plantings expected for the cultivation year 2017. Temperatures in the winter of 2016/2017 were 0.7 °C (approx. 1.3 °F) above the long-term average, while aggregate rainfall was about one third below that. Especially in the south of [...]
BESTMALZ will be participating at the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America in Washington D.C. on 10-13 April 2017. Make sure to visit us at booth 2204! The Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) is the only industry event that serves both brewpubs and packaging breweries. This is an annual show that travels to different cities each [...]
It’s been one long year and we are back! On 19 May 2017, 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 Best Brew Challenge 2017 (BBC 2017). Anyone can participate in the [...]
One would think that high-quality malt such as BESTMALZ’s would more or less sell itself. But of course that is not the case. This is why Joachim Sandel travels through Germany and Switzerland for BESTMALZ AG taking care of existing customers and gaining new ones. The editors at BESTMALZblog chatted [...]
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