Today we will be hearing from Jesse Bousard, who at the time was the Executive Director of the Craft Maltster’s Guild & Hannah Turner , director of barley, malt and brewing quality lab at Montana State University. Jesse introduces us to the craft malt guild, shares craft malts origin stories and then emphasizes why craft malt is so important and impactful. Hannah then gives us a lesson on how to read and understand the info given on a COA, certificate of analysis. Many of our attendees received a couple malt samples from Mainstem Malt in WA state and Admiral Malting in California and you will hear them do some sensory analysis on those.
As you will hear a bit at the beginning there were some fairly extreme technical issues with getting this session up and going. Jesse ended up being fairly rushed in her presentation and then you will hear a few audio drops when Hannah is giving her presentation but regardless of tech issues Jesse and Hannah both give us some really great education here on THE foundational ingredient in beer…..malt!
This is a fairly technical talk and if you want to follow along with the slides then we recommend watching this session over on The WCFA YouTube page which is linked below. Hope you enjoy this episode.
Find Jesse Bousard at
Website: https://www.cowpunchcreative.com
Find Hannah Turner at
Website: http://www.montana.edu/barleybreeding
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msu.barley.malt.brew.lab
Additional Links:
Breakdown of a COA
https://www.montana.edu/barleybreeding/learning-center/brewer-resources/coa-descriptions.html
Malt Friability Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n38xVXImeM
Find WCFA & Women's International Beer Summit at...
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Instagram: wibs_wcfa
YouTube: Women's Craft Fermentation Alliance
This podcast is brought to you by the Women's Craft Fermentation Alliance, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to enabling, empowering and encouraging women and non binary folks in all facets of the craft fermentation space. Your host for this podcast is Michele Wonder, co-founder of WIBS and the WCFA, an award winning homebrewer, BJCP Certified Beer Judge and a Certified Cicerone®
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