With the rise in local craft beers and double IPAs, there's plenty of talk about hops, but discussion of malted barley is often secondary (if it's had at all). Both hops and barley have a notable ...

After a long wait, American Single-Malt Whiskey is an officially recognized term. Here's what that means for the future of ...

Gain knowledge of how to grow barley for beer, including harvesting, threshing, and how to malt barley. Barley is a cereal grain, in the same botanical family (Poaceae) as wheat, maize ...

Over the last number of weeks Boortmalt has met with its merchant suppliers and delivered contract cuts across the board. The ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Tony Sachs is an NY-based writer covering spirits, cocktails and bars. Each bottle of Wolves Whiskey sports a hand-numbered, UV laser ...

Single-malt whiskies (often just called 'malts') are whiskies made purely of malted barley. What makes them special and so distinctive is where they come from and how they are distilled.

The IFA has said that the first forward offer for 2025 for malting barley from Boortmalt is "very late and very disappointing ...

Malt is created when simple grains such as barley, rye or wheat are left to germinate and sprout. When this happens, the starch is converted into a simple sugar called maltose. If the grain is ...