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Podcast: Beer Guys Radio Craft Beer Podcast
Episode: E140: Brewing beer with craft malt from Riverbend Malt House
Description: Send us Fan MailRiverbend Malt House makes craft malt for craft brewers Hops get all the love when it comes to craft beer but malt is getting more attention thanks to a small network of craft maltsters. For brewers in the South, Riverbend Malt House in Asheville, North Carolina offers up several barley, wheat, and rye artisan malts from locally sourced grains. By working with local farmers, Riverbend reduces the average food miles travel for their malts from 3,000 to about 300, reducing the carbon emissions by 4.5 tons for each truckload of grain. (Source) Their small batch grains als...