“You might say malt is having its moment,” Scott Garden tells me when I reach him by phone in Vancouver, Washington. “It used to be people asking about hops, hops, hops, but now we hear people saying, ‘Tell me a little more about the malt.’”
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As small breweries proliferate, the largest malt producers—known for consistency, quality, and scale—aim to innovate and stay nimble to serve the changing market.
Small-scale malting for research and development at Great Western’s Malt Innovation Center in Vancouver, Washington. Photo: Courtesy Great Western Malting.
“You might say malt is having its moment,” Scott Garden tells me when I reach him by phone in Vancouver, Washington. “It used to be people asking about hops, hops, hops, but now we hear people saying, ‘Tell me a little more about the malt.’”
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