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MALT WITH A MISSION

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Malt for Craft Brewing & Distilling

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Connecting the farm to the fermenter since 2010.

We work tirelessly to forge a connection between the land. The people who work it,  and the craft beverage industry. The results bring new varieties, unique flavors, added value, and brewhouse efficiency to our customers.

Why Us?

Local grain, local malt, local beer

Malt production has homogenized over the past 150 years, drastically reducing the variety and flavor available to brewers and distillers. Riverbend has disrupted the agri-business-controlled malt industry and shortened the malt supply chain by sourcing locally and building flavors that highlight the terroir of our region.

Malt in Brewing & Distilling

Supporting family farms

We have built strong, lasting relationships with the small family farms that are our growers. This foundation ensures a steady supply of high-quality grain and supports Southern agriculture, bringing dollars back to the Southeastern farm economy.

Local Farmers

Our Malts

The quest for fresh, consistent flavor is what drives our recipes. We blend new, ancient grain, and heirloom varieties in an effort to showcase our local agriculture and highlight sustainable growing practices.

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All Standard Malts Custom Malts

Work directly with our experts to develop flavors.

We love a challenge! Craft brewers and artisan distillers, we invite you to come to us with your ideas and inspiration. Working together, we can channel your passion into a process to create unique custom malts. Whether you want an origin-specific Pilsner malt or something darker, we can make it happen.

Develop a Malt

Craft Malt for Brewing + Distilling

The craft brewing and distilling world offers many so opportunities for unique flavor development. Let us help you craft something genuinely original.

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Oak & Grist – Barrel Reserve Genever Inspired Gin

With notes of honeycomb, raisinated fruit, tobacco barn, and mint, this single-barrel reserve gin uses 100% malted 2-Row Barley from Riverbend Malt House. You will find notes of honey, graham cracker, orange blossom, and warming spice on the…

Legion Brewing Plaza Midwood – Hot Fuzz

A mouth-watering, effervescent kettle sour brewed with 100% Riverbend Malt, jalapeños, and locally sourced peaches. Refreshing notes of stone fruit with a mild spice from the jalapeños, which are added to the boil to provide more flavor to…

Oddstory Brewing Co. – Still Fresh

Honey-sweet southern select provides malt backbone for the fresh hops for a classic American IPA bitterness with notes of pine, grapefruit, and bitter orange peel. 10% of proceeds will be donated to Hurricane Helene relief efforts in Asheville,…

Mountain Layers Beer – Always Honey in Bryson

Tropical flavors abound with this sour ale brewed with clover honey, vanilla, lactose, passion fruit, and guava.

Printshop Beer Co. – Gravy

With 3 pounds coffee infused per barrel of beer, this fan favorite has plenty of coffee flavor complementing the spice from the Carolina Rye malt.

ASW Distillery – Fiddler Syncopation

The nose is rich in sweetness with a hint of savoriness to boot - thick caramel sauce, spiced cola, with date and raisin fruitiness and a pinch of candied bacon jam. The palate is incredibly viscous, toasty like their toasted Fiddlers from…

Asheville Brewing Company – Perfect Haze

A Perfect Haze is our high-quality execution of a modern classic, bursting with flavors and aromas of fresh tropical fruit.

Fullsteam Brewery – Road to Nowhere

Road to Nowhere is a love letter to the old worn mountains of Western North Carolina. It's the perfect IPA for fall and winter, and a fitting counterpart to the coastal vibes of our spring and summer IPA offering, Humidity.

Leveller Brewing Company – Little Satchel

Refreshing and crisp due to its cooler fermentation temperatures, but not lacking any hop character! Dank on the nose with tasting notes of honey, straw, and green and bergamot teas.

Salt Face Mule Brewing Co. – Mosey on Over

Savory biscuit notes with a clean, approachable malt backbone and a touch of hop character. Recently named the 2024 NC Beer Cup gold medal winner in the Pilsner Style lager Category!

Small batch and large scale

We designed the Gerber Road facility to meet the needs of all of our customers. Floor malting remains at the heart of what we do. Pneumatic equipment answers the call for larger projects.

Our Process

Let’s nerd out about beer

Raw materials, finished malts, research projects…we cover a lot of ground. Let’s talk about how these can help shape the next trends in craft beer and spirit production.

Meet Our Experts

Riverbend Malt House 2024 Harvest Update: Avalon Barley Takes The Lead

One of the most challenging aspects of running a malt house is planning for harvest season. We sit around a table at the end of every summer armed with our sales data, information on market trends, available acreage, and the latest variety…
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Celebrate Craft Malt Month With Riverbend Malt House

September is Craft Malt Month, as declared by the Craft Maltsters Guild. Riverbend Malt House is a proud founding member of this Guild, which now represents more than seventy craft malthouses across the country. In correlation with the Harvest…
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