Axel Jany is an international customer consultant for Weyermann but also a beer sommelier. We chat about German beer culture, how it is facing the challenges of the hop-driven craft beer wave, naming conventions and whether Berliner Weisse is an appropriate style name for a beer brewed other than in Berlin.
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Shakeup as Cryer Malt and Bintani swap malt suppliers
The shakeup of brewing ingredients suppliers in Australia has continued with the announcement that Cryer Malt and Bintani are effectively swapping malt suppliers.
Tasmania’s Van Dieman Brewery brings malting in-house
A focus on terroir has seen brewers change the way they look at the ingredients of beer and Van Dieman Brewery has gone one step further, bringing malting in-house.
Beer is a Conversation: Dr Glen Fox
This week we meet Dr Glen Fox, who has just been named Charlie Bamforth’s successor as Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at University of California, Davis.
RMI Analytics’ World Barley Malt and Beer Conference
The world’s leading brewing raw material markets information company, RMI Analytics, has opened the registration for their 10th World, Barley Malt and Beer Conference in Warsaw.
Gladfield reports strong harvest
New Zealand’s Gladfield Malt has announced that its 2018-19 crop is the South Island company’s best vintage ever.
Malt stocks and pricing under pressure
As drought continues to batter Australia’s east coast, a heatwave hammers much of Europe and freezing temperatures hit Western Australia, malt stocks and pricing are under pressure.
Beer is a Conversation – Belgin Köse
This week’s guest is Belgin Köse, Regional General Manager, Asia Pacific for Cargill, owners of Joe White Maltings to talk Belgian beer, beer culture and whether malt can bring its sexy back.
Costs mount in maltsters’ legal showdown
Victoria’s highest court is working towards a May 2018 trial date for Cargill Australia’s dispute with Viterra Malt over the sale of Joe White Maltings.
Coopers plots darker malt offerings
Coopers Brewery hopes to gradually expand the range of products available to brewers from its new $65 million maltings.