Rocky Mountain Malting Institute

RMMTI is gathering experts in the industries of agriculture, malting, brewing, and distilling to focus on 2-row barley production and craft malting specifically designed for craft brewing and distilling. The art and science of craft malting is an under-explored region of the craft brewing, micro-brewing, and craft distilling movement. RMMTI will provide an opportunity for brewers and distillers to learn, and take control, of the malt that makes their art.

How does malt become malt? Where does it begin? What does it look like in the farmers field? How can brewers and distillers learn to work with producers to get the best quality and freshest malts available to the market? Can the farmer, with the brewers' help, increase brew house performance or flavor? Understanding the malt “from the field to the glass”begins first on the farm and then continues into the malt house.

RMMTI offers craft brewers, distillers, home brewers, and both hopeful and craft maltsters, the opportunity to experience the process, from the field to the glass! This conference will take attendees into the barley fields to learn about producing the crop, view the growing barley, then into the malthouse where they will see a detailed presentation on how barley is malted as well as experience hands on training in malting and see the malt at 4 different stages in the process. The conference will then culminate in an academic discussion of how the elements of the process they just witnessed impact their product.