One of the most exciting trends in recent years has been the rise of small maltsters, who can take advantage of local and heirloom grain varieties to produce characterful malts generally unavailable from larger producers. However, these smaller maltsters are not found everywhere, and their products won’t necessarily appear in your local homebrew shop.
With that in mind, we’ve identified several whose malt ships nationwide or even internationally, often through locally based online retailers. This is surely not an exhaustive list; there are (at last check) 61 members of the Craft Maltsters Guild in North America, and others may ship directly or in cooperation with local retailers. Check craftmalting.com to see whether there is a craft maltster near you—many are happy to sell directly to local homebrewers—or ask your favorite homebrew shop.
Blacklands Malts
Leander, Texas
Austin-area maltster whose range includes a “Texas Brisket” mesquite-smoked malt. Sells several varieties to homebrewers via the webshops of Austin Homebrew Supply or SoCo Homebrew.
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