Ingredient Focus: Malt

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Hay is for Horses, Barley is for Beer Beer gets its color, alcohol, and much of its body from grain. There are plenty of different types of grain used in beer, but none are used more than barley. Hordeum vulgare (that’s what plant nerds call it) provides three very important functions when making beer. […]

Ingredient Focus: Malt

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Hay is for Horses, Barley is for Beer Beer gets its color, alcohol, and much of its body from grain. There are plenty of different types of grain used in beer, but none are used more than barley. Hordeum vulgare (that’s what plant nerds call it) provides three very important functions when making beer. […]

Ingredient Focus: Hops

Hops aren’t just used to make your beer taste better, they also have medicinal effects (as if beer wasn’t medicinal enough).