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Connecting the farm to the fermenter since 2010.

We work tirelessly to forge a connection between the land and the craft beverage industry. The results bring new varieties, flavors, and value to the consumer.

Why Us?

Local grain, local malt, local beer

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

Malt in Brewing & Distilling

Supporting family farms

We have built long-term relationships with our growers. This foundation ensures a steady supply of high-quality grain and supports Southern agriculture.

Local Farmers

Our Malts

Our recipes are driven by a quest for fresh, consistent flavor. We blend both new and heirloom varieties in an effort to showcase our local agriculture.

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We love a challenge. Brewers and distillers have come to us with ideas and inspiration. We channel that passion into process to create unique custom malts. Whether you want an origin specific Pilsner malt or something darker we can make it happen.

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The world of brewing and distilling offers so many opportunities for flavor development. Let us help you make something truly unique.

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Kite Hill Brewing – That Girl from Alsace

A refreshing Pilsner using Mistral hops from the Alsace region of France. This lager showcases aromas of sweet lemon rind and fresh bread, with a delicate floral/citrus flavor and light minerality.

End Of Days Distillery – End Of Days Bourbon

⁣⁠Wilmington’s first legally produced Bourbon since prohibition. This whiskey was produced and barreled prior to the grand opening of the distillery. Quietly aging in new American Oak cask by Black Water Cooperage. The temperature variations…

Dissent Craft Brewery – Wrassling Raccoons

Get ready to rumble! It's finally here: the highly anticipated collaboration between Gulf Port Brewery and Dissent! Double decocted for complexity, this Vienna Lager was made with Vienna and Dark Munich malts, and hopped with Savinjski Goldings…

12 Bones Brewing – Second Hand Store Peach Wheat

This spring sensation was fermented with a clean Saison yeast strain slow and low for minimal esters and a Champagne-like finish. We then conditioned this Peachy Phenom on 1 pound per gallon of peach purée to welcome in this unseasonably warm…

Deadwords Beer – Soft Pivot

Soft Pivot starts by delivering big hits of citrus, citrus zest, pineapple, and guava aromas. A very soft carbonation and silky-smooth mouthfeel make for a juicy, easy drinking tropical IPA that has lower perceived bitterness but loads of fruit…

Kite Hill Brewing – Night Game

An English Porter that's roasty, chocolately, and portery.

Crawford Brew Works – Butcher’s Blood Lager

4.3% ABV easy drinking lager with great pilsner malt flavors paired with the great corn character from Bloody Butcher corn malt. German-style hops add a crisp finish. One is not enough.

Reformation Brewery – Riverbend Helles

A classic Helles Bier, this 5.6% South German style is light, clean, & made with 100% Riverbend malt.

Kite Hill Brewing – Common Ground

Brewed with our friends at Sideways Farm and Brewery in Etowah, NC and Burning Blush Brewing in Mills River, NC, this unique style is a twist on the California Common style made popular by Anchor Steam. Ginger snap and honey malt flavors balance…

District Made Spirits – District Made Bottled in Bond Bourbon

The 2023 District Made Bottled in Bond Bourbon release starts with the 2014 harvest of rye and corn. Distilling took place in April of the following year, and we filled seven barrels. We hand-selected the three best of those barrels to create…

Kite Hill Brewing – Puffy Vest

A winter IPA brewed for drinking in this cooler weather. Matlier than a standard IPA, and hopped aggressively with Cascade, Centennial and Simcoe. Nicely balanced.

District Made Spirits – District Made Straight Rye Whiskey

District Made Straight Rye Whiskey puts a spin on classic Maryland-style rye while honoring its agricultural history in the region. Our mashbill highlights a large portion of heirloom malted rye, bringing darker honeyed notes of toast to the…

One World Brewing – Pre Prohibition Pilsner

Showcasing the heirloom reddish-purple Bloody Butcher Corn Malt, this historically-inspired beer displays a strong cornbread flavor component and a delightfully floral hop note. Crisp, dry, classic. Adapted from a recipe published by The Siebel…

Oak & Grist Distilling Company – Barrel Reserve Gin Release #5

Uniquely rooted in North Carolina, our Barrel Reserve Genever Inspired Gin starts out with a base spirit distilled from 100% regionally-grown and locally-malted barley, then re-distilled with a selection of locally grown botanicals and rested…

District Made Spirits – District Made Straight Bourbon Whiskey

District Made Straight Bourbon Whiskey showcases Hickory King Corn, grown in the hollows of Virginia since the 1880s. To create our signature style, we distill this heirloom grain in two different mash bills, one wheated and one high-rye, age…

Fireforge Crafted Beer – Tampanian Devil

Ahoy ye hearties! Tampanian Devil be back on tap just in time for our Gasparilla Pirate celebration. Inspired by the Cuban neighborhood where our co-owners Brian and Nicole lived for a few years, Tampanian Devil is a symphony of fruit and spice…

Free Range Brewing – Hard To Kick Smoked Porter

HARD TO KICK- A 6.2% Carolina smoked porter. #letyourtastebudsroam with a dark roasty body, balanced and uplifted by a bright smokiness with a hint of sweetness to temper the fire from which it was born.

Chattanooga Whiskey – Barrel Finishing Series: Silver Oak Cabernet Cask Finished

To highlight and enhance the qualities of these finishing barrels, our distillers selected a range of 5 single malt mash bills, each containing a range of toasted, roasted & caramel malts - including a custom-toasted barley malt from Riverbend…

District Made Spirits – District Made Barrel Rested Ivy City GIn

District Made Barrel Rested Gin is an heirloom flavor-bomb bespoke of the Mid-Atlantic. This American dry-style is crafted with our signature rye-forward mashbill, ten vibrant botanicals, and added orange peel rested in both new American oak…

Little Animals Brewery – CHRONOMANCER

CHRONOMANCER- blended farmhouse ale made from young stainless fermented saison and 18 month barrel-aged mixed culture sour beer conditioned on 1 LB-per-gallon black currant purée. 6.2% ABV. Original art by @bserway. Saison de Coupage (or…

Alga Beer Co. – Preciate Y’all

Join us this Friday for the release of Preciate Y’all, a Southern Lagerbier made exclusively with malt from the homies at Riverbend Malt House. Rustic and bright, soft and crushable, this American lager features Bloody Butcher Corn, a favorite…

Oak & Grist Distilling Co. – Single Malt Whiskey 04

🥃 SINGLE MALT WHISKEY 04 🥃 ⁠ 🌾 GRAIN BILL: 100% locally malted barley from @riverbendmalt⁠ 🌾 CASK TYPE: 53-gallon used bourbon barrels from Buffalo Trace and Heaven Hill Distilleries⁠ 🌾 CHAR LEVEL: residual⁠ 🌾 AGE:…

Chemist Spirits – Biltmore Single Malt Whiskey

The elegant rose-gold tint of Biltmore Estate single malt whiskey provides a visual hint of its heavy Sangiovese cask influence. It is dominated on the nose by butterscotch and caramelized sugar with notes of maple syrup, pralines, candied pecans,…

Fullsteam Brewery – Paycheck® Pilsner

Gold medal winner, 2019 U.S. Beer Open (American Pilsner). An old-world pilsner brewed with new-world hops, local barley, and corn. Paycheck® is crisp, dependable, and rewarding. You’ve earned it! Photo courtesy @ssprenzphoto

Edward Teach Brewing – Letter of Marque

Traditional spiciest and herbal elements derived from Saison yeast along with pleasant bitterness.

Fullsteam Brewery x Khonso Brewing – Unhu

Malt forward, slight pepper finish

DSSOLVR – Grotesque

Starburst candies, citrus zest

Deadwords Brewing – Wilson

Biscuit, honey and vanilla

Weathered Ground Brewery – To the Place I Belong

Juicy fruit, bubble gum, and subtle pepper

Johnson City Brewing Co. – Mexican Dark Corn Lager

Dark malty character with a light body

Bhramari Brewing Co. – Paradise in the Western Seas

Notes of tropical fruit from Nectaron hops

Happy Valley Filling Station – Restless Night

Toasted bread, touch of chocolate and pleasant roasted flavor

DSSOLVR – Pyramid Games

Pineapple hard candy, pear and soft stone fruit

Whaley Farm Brewery – Botanical Saison

Citrus, succulent pollen

Oak and Grist – Rye Whiskey

Maple sugar, orange, cinnamon, black peppercorns, vanilla and pecan

DSSOLVR – Gunther’s Revenge

Clementine, cotton candy, pear, grape hi-chew candy and cantelope.

Hampline Brewing – Slow & Low

This refreshing pilsner brings the sweet spice with pineapple and a lil’ kick courtesy of fresh jalapeño.

Hub City Brewing – Hay Y’all

This easy drinking crisp ale is crafted with ingredients that would have been used in Tennessee 100 years ago.

DSSOLVR – Dynasty of Nothing

Fresh baked croissants, notes of violets and jasmine with black tea and minerality

Fireforge Crafted Beer – Dubbed Indemnity

Rich, dark fruity ester flavors of raisin, date, cherry and bubble gum

DSSOLVR X Belleflower Brewing Co. – Silent Goodbye

Tastes like a bowl of ambrosia salad drowned in mango hi-chew and IPA.

Eight Foot Brewing – Pilsner Kellerbier

Hint of grainy-sweetness, hop bitterness and finishes dry

Bold City Brewery – PCPA

Light and Hoppy

Depot Street Brewing – Jump the Shark

Dry yet juicy; complex yet refreshing

South Main Brewing – Oktoberfest

Easy drinker, a joy to sip!

South Main Brewing – The Hazy Lager

Soft on the palate

Hellbender Brewing Co. – Festbier

Biscuity malt forward, crisp and delicious!

Edward Teach Brewery – Cheat the Devil

Pleasant dank aroma complements light flavors of pineapple, pear and stone fruit. Hop bitterness and crisp finish makes this brew drinkable to all palates.

Depot Street Brewing – Fear of Smoke

Notes of oak smoke with a crisp and refined malty backbone

Fireforge Brewery – You Silly Gooseberry!

Effervescent, refreshing fall saison with a slightly tart white grape flavor.

Fireforge Brewery – He Ain’t Hefe, He’s My Brother

Effervescent with a fluffy mouthfeel plus hints of banana and clove

Cellarest Beer Project – Wundervei

Hop-forward, well rounded with a little tropical resin

Trillium Brewing x 8th State Brewing – Agerasia

Notes of bright citrus aroma with tropical undertones. Complex and smooth drinkability.

Little Animals Brewery – Snakeskin Jacket

Bone dry and bitter leaning with tropical notes of over-ripe pineapple and mango, herbal floral hoppiness, sweet citrus and pear.

Little Animals Brewery – Hopthrone

Notes of dank resin, pine, passion fruit and sweet tangerine.

Printshop Beer Co. – Gravy

Notes of caramel and milk chocolate from the coffee used (from Little River Coffee Co.) with a nice spice profile from the rye.

Brouweij Cursus Keme – Flautz

Classic German Hefeweizen

Hobcaw Brewing Co. – Gunpowder Falls

Great barley character with notes of orange and melon

Ninkasi Brewing + Still Fire Brewing – Duck Duck Dog

An easy-drinking American Pale Ale that each brewery crafted with ingredients grown in Georgia and Oregon.The Riverbend Georgia peach wood wheat malt in this Pale Ale recipe complements the complex character of the Strata hops (developed in…

Cherry Street Brewpub – The Imperor

Semi-sweet, dry crisp lager

Dssolvr x Hazelwood Brewing Co. – Masters of the Fuzz

More bitter and fruity than your run-of-the-mill Pilsner, crushable and crisp

Leiper’s Fork Distillery – Tennessee Whiskey

Milk chocolate, roasted coffee, ripe plum, dark cherry and honey nose. A complex palate of caramel, red berries and baking spices. Complexity increases as it rests in the glass.

Edward Teach Brewery – Waves of Time

Drinks clean, crisp and easy. Intricate waves of floral and Nobel-hop aroma.

Burial – Imperceptible Everything

Notes of fresh passion fruit and lychee, peach with cracked pepper honey and bales of hay. Finishes pleasantly tart and bone dry.

Albright Grove Brewing Co. – Newfound Gap

Juicy tropical fruit and citrus hop aromas from Mosaic, Moteuka and Rakau hops. Cloudy and a full mouthfeel that is surprisingly light at the same time, and finishing soft and clean.

Beacon Brewing Co. – Phantasm if 3

Pillowy mouthfeel; Tropical melon berry blast; Smooth and juicy.

Grand Central Brewhouse x Eight Foot Brewing – Buzz Words

Bright, sunny, and smells like honey!

Fullsteam – Southern Basil

Funky, fresh basil

Eight Foot Brewing Co. – Lemon Wheat

Grain shines through, fresh baked bread and hint of saline. Rounded out with a dry, lemon forward finish

Cellarist Beer Project – Cellarveza

This Acacia wood-fermented Mexican lager makes for one clean, easy-drinking lager.

Deadwords Brewing Co. – Cubes

Intense citrus / fruity hop aromas

Chandlers Ford Brewing – Rauchbier Hell

Subtle smoke with a touch of sweetness. Crisp, dry finish.

Archetype Brewing – Lemon Drop Pils

Massive lemon-citrus flavors

The Southern Growl – Hop Flower Super Power

Juicy hop flavors, bitter lemon, white peach, sweet pine and groovy flower power!

Sceptre Brewing Arts – Boneless Hoppy Ale

Hopped with citra and cascade, hops lend bright aroma and crisp flavor

Hillman Beer – Honig Göttin

Honey, grain and apricot

Fonta Flora Brewery – Fruit Bat Disco

Fruited with local strawberry, which lends to it’s strawberry aroma and flavor, it has a crushable, dry finish

Elation Brewing Co. – Larchmont Lager

Light, crisp and refreshing

Lookout Brewing – Trail Supplies

Hints of citrus and vanilla with a smooth and clean finish

Cahaba Brewing Company – Riverbend Rye IPA

Heavy grapefruit and pine aroma

The Eighth State Brewing Co. – A Love That Fits

Crisp

Little Animals Brewery – Night Hoss

Baking spices, cookie dough, cocoa powder, toasted bread and a touch of dried fruit balanced by herbal hops and soft bitterness.

Tarpon Springs – Trampling Woods

Smooth grain-forward flavor with notes of maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla, honeysuckle, butter and caramel

Riverside Rhapsody Beer – Cumberland Mine Grisette

Cherry, pineapple pear and raspberry

Beacon Brewing Co. – Sweetland Light

Sweetland Light is Beacon's take on a craft American Light Lager brewed in partnership with Sweetland Amphitheatre in LaGrange, GA. Mashed low exclusively with Riverbend's Chesapeake Pils, Great Chit, and Cumberland Corn malts and naturally…

Chattanooga Whiskey – Experimental Batch 025: Appalachian Grist

Peach tea, vanilla pudding, waffle cone, dried mint and candied ginger.

East Nashville Beer Works – Tennessee Pilsner

Crisp, clean, refreshing

Marrowbone Creek Brewing Co. – Easy River

Light, crushable, classic lager

Harding House Brewing – Church Parking Lot

Easy Drinking, Light, Corn

Harding House Brewing – Tennessee Haze

Juicy, Sessionable, Approachable

Alga Beer Co. – Better South

Highly sessionable, smoky, slightly tart and funky (Brettanomyces)

DSSOLVR – Life is a Party

Pomegranate, mixed berry, lime and salt

Fullsteam Brewery – Eno

Light bubblegum, banana and clove.

Albright Grove Brewing Co. – Ancient Trees

Brewed in collaboration with Perennial Artisanal Ales, this saison features heirloom Violetta barley, Abruzzi Rye, and soft red wheat locally grown in the southeast and malted by Riverbend Malt. The enigmatic Sacc Trois yeast strain creates…

Fireforge Crafted Beer – Swipe Right

Notes of bubble gum, circus peanut, cotton candy and white pepper

Civil Society Brewing – Tree Cutter

Crisp, refreshing

Fireforge Crafted Beer – The Blue Wall

Light malt sweetness, moderately bitter finish

The Southern Growl – Chillsner with Lime

Zesty lime, floral hops and biscuity malt

Lookout Brewing Co. – Native Sun

Slightly malty but bright base and white wine grape essence.

Cellarest Beer Project – Sirimiri

Slight tropical fruit balanced by a bready backbone

The Brewlab Charleston – Surface Tension

Light and tasty

Fireforge Crafted Beer – Roasti Boi

Light bodied, dark malt, chocolate and toasty flavor

Turgua Brewing – Diving Penguin

Crisp, light and an easy drinker.

Angry Chair Brewing – Dreambender

Maximum crushability

Creature Comforts Brewing Co. – Something To Say

The South definitely has something to say with this anniversary beer brewed for Creature Comforts' 8th year in business. It features a serious hop load and saturated flavor. Consisting of HBC586, Citra Incognito, Mosaic Cryo, Mosaic Incognito,…

Little Animals Brewery – 2 Block Walk

Sweet citrus, kumquat, white grape, and faint pepper.

Shell Ring Aleworks – Chela de Playa

Clean, crisp and super refreshing.

Branch and Bone Ales – Unknown Passage

Tart and acidic, sourdough on the nose, bready finish

Depot Brewing – Disintegration

Notes of toffee and the perfect amount of hop presence with a silky smooth mouthfeel and surprising quaffability.

Booneshine Brewing Company – Nuclear Seahorse

As elusive as the Hellbender and as rare as the Pegasus, our Nuclear Seahorse is a hazy celebration of all things hoppy. Harnessing its power from local barley, toasted oats, and new school American hops, this unique Hazy emerges from the depths…

Thirsty Monk Brewery – Roaring DIPA

Bold citrus, pineapple, stone fruit, and hoppy resinous aromatics layer together to make this hazy DIPA complex and LOUD! Brewed with Riverbend Malt House barley, wheat, and oats and dry hopped with Idaho 7, Citra Cryo, Columbus, Simcoe, and…

Thirsty Monk Brewery – Monk’s Promise Session IPA

Easy drinking session hazy IPA featuring a rotating single varietal dry hop. Brewed with locally malted Riverbend Malt House barley, oats, and wheat. This batch showcases the classic Simcoe as the sole dry hop addition. Notes of pineapple, lemongrass,…

Thirsty Monk Brewery – Black IPA

Brewed with Riverbend Malthouse barley and rye malt. Flavors build upon earthy spice, light roast and black peppercorn, and finish with bright citrus punch from Columbus, Centennial, Cascade and a touch of Citra hops. Its deep, jet-black color…

Smith & Lentz Brewing Company – A River Bends Through It

A light, crisp Pilsner brewed exclusively with Riverbend's Cumberland Pilsner Malt grown entirely in Tennessee. We hopped it with Hallertau Blanc for a delicate, but pleasant citrusy, fruity profile.

Harding House Brewing Co. – Farm Hands

This brew is a special collaboration with the Tennessee Local Food Summit. Farm Hands features 100% TN-grown grain from Teeter Farm & Seed, including the new Sunset Wheat Malt. We then added over 100lbs of TN roasted sweet potatoes grown…

Big Lick Brewing Company – Popsicle Toes

Tastes like an Orange Creamsicle! Uses Citra and Galaxy hops along with tons of Orange peel and vanilla bean.

Carolina Brew Supply – Belgian Dubbel

Toasted rye bread with a rich dark raisin and date aroma

Thirsty Monk – Contemplate Cream Ale

Aromas of sweet almond liquor, white bread crust, and earthy sweet corn lay the foundation for subtle notes of white grape and spiced pear. Sweet cornbread flavor with earthy and nutty almond character finishing slightly sweet in balance. Light,…

Big Lick Brewing Company – Peste Pils

Clean, dry lager with a good hop presence.

DSSOLVR – Neverending Sky

Soft, Snappy, Floral, Crisp

Big Lick Brewing Company – Casey’s Kolsch

Clean, dry and malty with a touch of yeast derived fruitiness.

Big Lick Brewing Company – Smith Mountain Lager

Light, very clean honey/grainy sweetness with a touch of floral and very light pear notes from the use of Contessa hops.

DSSOLVR – Thank You For Existing

Light, Crisp, Floral

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.

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Beyond seeking the highest quality crops possible, we source our grains with flavor and aroma characteristics in mind too. This constant exploration of nuance has led us to several single origin Pilsner malt styles in our portfolio, which…
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Bootleg Biology, Harding House Brewing Co., and Riverbend Malt House Present Inaugural Southern Lager Invitational During 2023 Craft Brewers Conference

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE— Bootleg Biology, Harding House Brewing Co., and Riverbend Malt House have engaged the South’s leading tastemakers to craft their expressions of ‘Modern Southern Lager’ to kickoff the Craft Brewers Conference…
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