You can’t steep all day if you don’t start in the morning!
We want to extend a huge thank you to our buds from @admiralmaltings , @doubleeaglemalting , and @troubadourmaltings who we worked with to create a craft malt tasting at the 2026 Craft Brewers Conference! The craft malt presence at this year's event was strong, and we were thrilled to connect with so many friends from afar.
Did you know the Brewers Association is dedicating a special one-time category at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival to beers brewed with craft malt? Competition registration starts June 23!
Details in the link in our bio.
Final tasting for the Malt Cup is wrapping up!
Malthouses from around the globe submitted malts to be considered for the win. Samples were first evaluated for analytical quality by the MSU Malt Quality lab, those fitting the style guidelines were then evaluated by 14 sensory panels located all over the US and Canada. At the Best of Show (pictured here) 21 judges considered sensory and malt analytical quality to determine the three winning malthouses in each category (for a total of 24 awards). These results and the new home of our traveling trophy (goes to overall competition winner) will be announced next week! Be sure to tune in to our live streamed event next Thursday 2/26, 2pm MTN time! #maltcup
Welcome to the Craft Malt Certified™ seal, @pushrootbrewing !
Nestled in the foothills of the Wind River Mountains, this Lander, Wyoming brewery is the most recent to declare their investment in craft malt.
Learn more about what it takes to get certified in the 🔗link in our bio.
#craftmalt #certified #pushrootbrewing #wybeer #wyomingbeer #wyomingcraftbeer #craftbeer #smallgrains #grainsupplychain
Seasons Greetings to our membership and our international small grains community 🌾
None of our work happens without all of you— your time, your products, and your dedication to making malt better year after year. Whether you’re submitting to the Malt Cup, joining us in Bozeman for the Advance Class in summer 2026, or simply staying connected through Guild programming and social media, we’re grateful to have you in the mix.
Here’s to learning together, sharing what we know, and showing up for the people who make this corner of the industry so rewarding!
If you follow along our Kernels series that features mentions of craft malt in the media, you know that fall is an exciting season for storytelling about our industry.
Craft Malt Month brought much press, and several other articles caught our attention too. Read our Fall 2025 #maltinthemedia selections in the 🔗link in our bio.
Our next webinar, Web Management For Maltsters, is slated for Thursday, January 22!
Wintertime is a great opportunity to update your website and analyze metrics. Join @radcraftbeer Founder Emily Hutto to discuss the building blocks of setting up and maintaining your malthouse website so it’s optimized for sales. You’ll learn DIY tactics you can apply immediately to improve user experience with a focus on three of your most important pages— Home, Products, and Contact.
Register in the 🔗link in our bio. Free for members, $20 for non-members.
Judging for the 2026 Malt Cup is officially underway, marking a record year with 117 entries from five countries. The Unique Malt category is leading the pack with 24 submissions.
This round will be judged at 14 locations spanning the United States and Canada by expert maltsters, brewers, distillers, researchers, and Cicerones.
Mark your calendars: Results will be shared during a live virtual event on February 26!
Photo by Malt Cup organizers @msu.barley.malt.brew.lab .
Allied Trade Member Spotlight: Wholesail
@wholesail empowers food and beverage producers and wholesalers to reduce payment risk and grow sales with confidence. The platform combines tools for credit management, customer onboarding, automated accounts receivable (AR) communications, payment portal, and AR workflow tools. With Wholesail 350+ vendors—and their 70,000+ customers — get paid 35% faster, streamline AR processes, reduce credit card costs, and enhance the customer experience.
Thanks to Wholesail for their partnership with the Guild! Meet all of our allied trade partners in the link in our bio.
#alliedtrade #partners #craftmalt #craftmalting #wholesail
Shopping this holiday season for the malt lovers in your life? Support craft maltsters with these malt and merch options from our members—
@ndmalting online store
@murphyrudemalting GrainStore
@admiralmaltings shop
@blueoxmalthouse Merch House
@troubadourmaltings Colorado Craft Malt Store
You can also shop the Craft Maltsters Guild store for flavor maps and malt resources. All month, get FREE SHIPPING in North America on all orders.
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We borrowed this photo of the @nofobrewco brewing + distilling team to officially welcome them to our Craft Malt Certified™ program!
NoFo, who have multiple locations in Georgia, uses Riverbend malt in an array of their recipes. Cheers to them for their investment in regional malt. 🍻
Back in 2022, we featured a new 2-row barley variety bred at the Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center on our Field To Bench series. This new barley, Avalon, represents a whole community charging toward the debut of a better-performing barley, cultivated with maltsters in mind.
Now three harvests later, we asked the Craft Maltsters Guild membership to weigh in on their experience growing or malting Avalon barley in 2025. Read what they had to say on our blog, linked in the bio.
#fieldtobench #avalonbarley #graintoglass #craftmalt #virginiatech
This gratitude season, we're especially thankful for the hardworking farmers who grow the grains needed to fuel to craft malt supply chain. The next opportunity you get, thank a farmer for all they do! 🌾
