Yingtai company was invited to attend the 2022 Craft Malt Conference as a silver sponsor of the Craft Maltsters Guild. It’s the fifth annual event but which will be the Guild’s first hybrid conference with in-person seminars, receptions, a trade show, and networking sessions taking place in Portland Read More

FROM GRAIN TO GLASS: RED SHED MALTING’S JOURNEYBy Cara Froggatt When Matt Hamill’s great-grandfather arrived in Alberta from Ireland in the 1920s, farming was both a livelihood and a way of planting roots in a new place. Nearly a century later, the Hamill family continues that legacy near Penhold in Read More

The Craft Maltsters Guild invited Yingtai company to participate as a sponsor of the 2021 Craft Malt Conference. The 2021 Craft Malt Conference is going fully virtual this February 10-12 as Craft Malt Con Online. Read More

This year’s competition was fierce: 117 entries29 craft malthouses5 countries7 grain types48 malt varietiesAll judged blind by top industry pros. Read More

Value-added ventures beckon families back to the farm Members of the Hamill family toast the success of Red Shed Malting with glasses of whisky made from malt barley grown on the family’s Red Deer-area farm. From left to right: John, Susie, Matt, Joe and Daelyn Hamill. Photo: DAVID DINAN, HOT SHOE S Read More

You love your hops, but whether you’re a brewer or craft beer aficionado, ask yourself this: When was the last time you thought about the malt in your beer?Probably never, but it’s time to give malt the respect it deserves. With the number of craft maltsters increasing in this country — there are cu Read More