Entries by Scott Hickman

Nashville Scene: Craft Brewers Came to Nashville, and Nashville Treated Them Great

The 2023 Craft Brewers Conference was a huge success! It was an honor to have our malt included in the recipe for the conference beer, Tri Star Blonde Ale, and it was so much fun to taste beers made with our malt all over town.

Thank you to the Brewers Association for having us at the expo, and also to moderate the Building an Educational Beer Festival panel featuring Sharon Cheek of the Tennessee Craft Brewers Guild,

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Fireforge Crafted Beer – The Fixer

The flavors in a Baltic Porter are driven by the malts. Expect malty dark caramel, chocolate and pipe tobacco-like flavors with a smooth finish. Baltic Porter is a strong, lagered porter. Porters are typically made with ale yeast, which can impart fruity esters. Using a more neutral lager yeast strain puts more emphasis on the complex malt flavors. Dark brown in color, porters feature dart malt flavors like a stout, but are not as intense or roasty.

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Meet Riverbend Malt House at the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo America

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NASHVILLE, TN – Participants at the 2023 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) are invited to meet the Riverbend Malt House team at Booth 2333 at BrewExpo America where they can sample malt and learn more about the Asheville, North Carolina-based malting operation. This year’s conference will take place from May 7 to 11 at the Music City Center located at 201 Rep. John Lewis Way South. 

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Single Farm, Single Field: Riverbend Malt House Single Origin Pilsner Malt Is Establishing Southern Terroir

Single Origin Pilsner Malt

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 allow brewers and distillers to craft beer and spirits with a sense of place.

“If you know your maltster and you understand how they work with their product, these individual origins can help you to differentiate different products,” Vince Tursi,

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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 that naturally occur through the season within the distillery helped to develop deep characteristic of the whiskey within.

53 Gallon Cask: American Oak
Mash Bill:
68% Corn/22% 2 Row Malted Barley/10% Rye

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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 (CBC) on Sunday, May 7 at Harding House Brewing Company in The Nations neighborhood of West Nashville. 

So what is a Modern Southern Lager? Open to interpretation, this unofficial beer style ​​tends to be a dry-finishing, lower-ABV beer with a big frothy head and a hint of corn sweetness that is counterbalanced by relatively assertive hop bitterness.

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Modern Farmer: How Distilling Almost Killed—Then Revived—One Of America’s Heritage Crops

Bloody Butcher Corn has a rich story that’s woven into the history of American distilling. Some recent Modern Farmer coverage of this heritage crop reveals its evolution from moonshine to near extinction to abundant use in craft distilleries.

We were thrilled to weigh in, and we’re excited to provide Bloody Butcher Corn malt to many craft distillers across the Southeast region.

Check out the article here,

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