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Craft distilling in Seattle
By: Steve Curtis
01/06/2015
Birthplace of Bill Gates, Starbuck’s coffee and grunge music, home to Dr Frasier Crane, the Seahawks and the Mariners, Seattle is the largest city in both the State of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America and, as of July 2014, is the fastest-growing major city in the United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of around 3.6 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
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Southern crop reports
By: Ken Saint, Jack King, Trevor Perryman, Tobie van Rensburg, Frikkie Lubbe, Ulrike Sadewasser, Doug Donelan, Linda Pretorius, Tim Lord
01/06/2015
A round up from the Southern Hemisphere, here are our annual summaries of malting barley and hop crops from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America.
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Brewers in Beervana - Over 11,500 attendees gathered in Portland for the Craft Brewers Conference
By: Steve Curtis
01/06/2015
Portland is home to almost 60 breweries – apparently, more than any other city on earth (unless someone can tell us otherwise!). Since the early 1980s Portland brewers have been pioneers of the US craft beer movement and with plenty of local raw materials from the nearby Willamette Valley and a good local source of water, their innovative beers have helped the city to earn its ‘Beervana’ nickname.
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Reflections on conveying
By: Bill Lewis
01/06/2015
The effi cient and gentle conveying of grain and malt is an important aspect of routine operation for many maltsters and distillers, but it presents a unique set of challenges. Bill Lewis, Sales Proposal Engineer at Guttridge Ltd, assesses the conveyor designs available to meet requirements for both wet and dry material transport to support the malting process. A key focus is the use of en-masse conveyors which are often selected for use in distilleries.
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The most famous barley in the world: The Maris Otter Story
By: Robin Appel
01/06/2015
The story of Maris Otter has been told before, but on the 50th anniversary of its availability to farmers and maltsters Robin Appel, chief executive of Robin Appel Ltd, presents a specially updated version in advance of the celebrations...