Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scotch whisky in a glass and a decanter - Chinnachart Martmoh/Getty Images The Scottish may not have invented whisky — the ...

A new economic study shows the potential for an ancient process to develop new domestic demand for rice and offset declining exports. That process is malting, which has been around for millennia but ...

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MAINE-GROWN BEER: Allagash Brewing Co. in Portland has met — and exceeded — its goal for brewing with grains grown in Maine. Last year, the company brewed with more than 2 million pounds of Maine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malt vinegar is a type of vinegar predominantly made from malted barley. Other grains, such as rye or wheat, can also be used to ...

Beer is made up of four main ingredients including grain, water, hops and yeast. How much of each ingredient is used will change the taste. This gives brewers an unlimited palate from which to create.

To bourbon and scotch drinkers, malt is everything. In the beer world, it takes a kindly backseat to hops in San Diego IPAs, but shines front and center in brown ales, stouts and porters. So what is ...

About seven years ago, Bay Area native Dan Kurzrock was attending college at UCLA, where he also began homebrewing beer on a weekly basis. “And for every 5-gallon batch, I had about 25 pounds of grain ...

Art and collaboration collided in this year’s Malt Cup competition, as the Craft Maltsters Guild honored the oft-overlooked ...

When beer lovers in the Inland Northwest order a pint at a local craft brewery, they might not realize the grains used to make what's inside their glass were probably not only grown nearby but also ...