Craft breweries are embracing the growing number of small, local craft malting companies in the United States, and many of them will attest to the improved quality of their beers when they brew with those malts. Here are six beers brewed with malt from craft maltsters.
Space Waves
Brewed by Jester King Brewery and Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales using wheat from Blacklands Malt
This year Jester King and Jolly Pumpkin created Space Waves, a farmhouse ale brewed with wheat grown and malted by Blacklands Malt in Leander, Texas, as well as lime salt. It was blended with Jester King’s Montmorency vs. Balafon, a barrel-aged sour beer re-fermented with Michigan cherries. Blacklands Malt was the first-ever micro-maltster in Texas, and Jester King is a regular customer of the small malthouse.