PODCAST GUESTS Christian Ettinger Christian Ettinger founded Hopworks Urban Brewery on the idea that radical sustainability should be commonplace. He started brewing in his parent’s kitchen during his first summer break in college and it didn’t take long to decide he...
PODCAST GUESTS Van Havig Van Havig started brewing in 1995 at Minnesota Brewing Company. He then worked for Rock Bottom Breweries for 16 years in Minneapolis, Bethesda, Md and Portland. In 2012 he started Gigantic Brewing Company with Ben Love, where he now gets to...
STATE OF THE CROP: MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW OF THE BARLEY MARKET by Tyler Schoales Download Article as PDF Over the past two years, our industry has navigated what were previously unimaginable challenges – we’ve weathered a global pandemic, supply chain disruptions and...
PODCAST GUESTS Melanie Gielen Melanie Gielen began brewing with Boomstick Brewing in January 2020. She took the role of Head Brewer/ Brewmaster in May 2021. Her favourite beer style is West Coast Pale Ale and California Common. She is from Cape Breton Island. Amanda...
PODCAST GUESTS Bre McCormick Bre McCormick is Country Malt Group’s Pricing Specialist. Kelsey Schenk Kelsey primarily supports United Malt Group’s Canadian business, which includes Canada Malting and Country Malt Group. She’s been with the organization for more...
PODCAST GUESTS Curtis Holmes Curtis Holmes has been with Alaskan brewing for 30 years and has crafted many of their beers. Geoff Larson Geoff Larson founded Alaskan Brewing with his wife, Marcy, in 1986. Alaskan Brewing is the first brewery in Juneau since...
SUCROSE SOLUTION TO DEXTROSE SHORTAGES by John Egan Download Article as PDF Country Malt Group believes in the importance of keeping our customers and the industry up to speed on market trends or potential disruptions with raw material supply. It’s vital to the...
PODCAST GUESTS Mark Vierthaler Mark A. Vierthaler is the Head Distiller at Hamilton Distillers Group, Inc. in Tucson, Arizona – distillers of Whiskey Del Bac, a line of international-award-winning American Single Malt Whiskeys. Vierthaler has been distilling for...
PODCAST LINKS Episode Links Tin Whistle Brewing Co. Rt. 66 Old School Brewing Maize Valley Brewery Bearhill Brewing Co. Akronym Brewing Ten20 Craft Brewery Dog and Pony Show Brewing Radicle Effect Brewerks Lone Tree Brewing Company Back Paddle Brewing Yards...
2021 CROP MITIGATION STRATEGIES by Country Malt Group Download the Whitepaper OVERVIEW Key grain growing regions in North America experienced record-breaking, sustained heat in early summer 2021, resulting in damaged grain crops, causing elevated proteins, lower than...
PODCAST LINKS Episode Links Submit your Brew Year Resolutions here Email TheBrewDeck@countrymalt.com The BrewDeck Podcast MORE EPISODES SEASON 2, EPISODE 25: TOP 10 OF 2021 PODCAST HOSTS: TOBY TUCKER – DIRECTOR OF SALES, COUNTRY MALT GROUP GRANT LAWRENCE –...
PODCAST GUESTS Axel Göhler Dr. Axel Göhler is the third-generation president of this traditional German malting company now called Best Malz. His grandfather Max Göhler started the company 120 years ago, his father turned it into a leading German malting company, and...
PODCAST GUEST Aaron Justus Aaron Justus was born and raised in Kansas City. After college, Aaron worked in television for nearly thirteen years as a meteorologist. During this time, he was an avid homebrewer and eventually decided to change careers. He packed his bags...
PODCAST GUESTS Tiffany Pitra Originally from Iowa, Tiffany Pitra relocated to Yakima, Washington in 2010 where she immediately fell in love with the hop industry. Tiffany holds a B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa and in 2014, she completed the UC Davis Applied...
PODCAST GUESTS Rodrigo Plancarte Rodrigo Plancarte is the Regional Sales Manager for Mexico and Central America at Yakima Chief Hops functioning as the link between breweries and distributors from the region with the Hop Farms from the PNW as well as being key to...
PODCAST GUESTS Geoff Fischer Geoff is a former professional craft brewer with over 15 years’ experience supplying ingredients to both breweries and distilleries. He has taken brewing courses at UC Davis, Distilling courses at the Siebel Institute and completed the...
PODCAST GUESTS Don Moore Don Moore has 33 years of commercial brewer’s experience under his belt. He currently works as a liaison between the CMC malthouse’s and the breweries that Country Malt provides for both bag and bulk sales for small to medium sized regional...
PODCAST GUESTS Chris Geib Chris Geib has been with the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation since January 2019. One of his first projects assigned was to grow the Brewing Funds the Cure campaign to have a national footprint. With national partners such as CMG, YCH,...
PODCAST GUESTS Steve Harrah Steve Harrah is the Quality Manager for the Country Malt Group and has been with them for the past 11+ years. Steve has held a variety of roles with CMG, starting production at the warehouse level and working his way up to a warehouse...
PODCAST GUESTS Adam Hieronymus Adam Hieronymus is an Inside Sales Representative and an avid homebrewer. “In the year 2000”, he got hooked on brewing with the Mr. Beer Kit and has never looked back. Adam started with Country Malt Group 4 years ago as Hop Contract...
PODCAST GUESTS JT Wattenberg Jeremy “JT” Wattenberg is the Technical Brewery Manager and Sales Liaison for Yakima Chief Hops. During his 11 years working in the industry, JT has seen and worked in almost every aspect of the beer and alcohol business. Fresh out of the...
PODCAST GUESTS Josh and Jason Cody Josh and Jason Cody own the farm-to-glass operation, Colorado Malting Company, along with their father. Founded in 2008, Colorado Malting Company is a premier craft maltster with customers all over the world. Episode Links Colorado...
PODCAST GUESTS Teri Fahrendorf Teri Fahrendorf is an American brewer and founder of the Pink Boots Society, an organization that supports women in the brewing industry. She is notable for being one of the first women in the craft brewing industry and her brews have...
PODCAST GUESTS Ryan Dodd Ryan Dodd started with Canada Malting Co. in 2002 when they purchased their first elevators in Alberta. This was a major change in the malting barley world as it allowed producers to grow directly for the maltster and deal at a local elevator...
PODCAST GUESTS Dan Russo Having started his career in the hospitality industry Dan began working at Eugene, OR based Oakshire Brewing to open up their Public House. In 2014 he received the Glen hay Falconer Scholarship to the American Brewers Guild and upon completion...
PODCAST GUEST Kevin Davey Kevin Davey began his brewing career at Chuckanut Brewery and Kitchen in Bellingham, WA in 2009 after attending the World Brewing Academy (Siebel Institute in Chicago and Doeman’s Academy in Munich) where he became Lead Brewer. He left...
PODCAST GUESTS Tyler Schoales After graduating with an Applied Biomolecular Sciences degree from Lakehead University, Tyler began his malting journey with Canada Malting in Calgary, AB, Canada. Over the course of 13 years, Tyler has continued to develop his malting...
PODCAST GUESTS Jack Paulson Always looking for a reason to fish and enjoy a craft beer with friends. Industries served: Craft beer and spirits Grain milling systems for bakery/livestock/export trans-loading, rail car to truck, to totes, to bags Full design, automation...
PODCAST GUESTS Dana Johnson As the Technical Director of Craft Brewing for Birko, Dana consults craft breweries, wineries, and distilleries on food safety and sanitation practices. He has more than 25 years of experience serving Birko’s brew customers and is known in...
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