Riverbend Malt House Announces 10 Year Harvest Beers Crafted With Sunset Wheat Malt

ASHEVILLE, NC— Riverbend Malt House and a number of its brewing customers are excited to announce a lineup of specialty beers featuring the new Sunset Wheat Malt, in celebration of the malt house’s last decade in business. 

Earlier this month, Fonta Flora Brewery released the first of these beers, a Belgian Dark Strong-inspired ale affectionately named Bière de Riverbend. This bière, brewed with 100 percent Riverbend craft malt, was inspired by and adapted from the very first beer Fonta Flora ever put in bottles nearly six years ago. 

These world-class brewing companies will debut beers made with Riverbend’s 10 Year Harvest malt in coming weeks and months:

Bhramari Brewing Co., Rauch Weisse

DSSOLVR, Wheated Mild

Fullsteam Brewery, Winter IPA 

Green Man Brewery, Wheat Wine

Standard Beer + Food, Hefeweizen

 

Sunset Wheat is in stock and available for purchase, and Riverbend is eager to work with additional craft breweries on #Riverbend10 recipes featuring this malt. Place an order for Sunset Wheat by emailing orders@riverbendmalt.com.

Riverbend has published a 10 Year Harvest recipe, a Sunset Wheat-based Pale Ale.  Homebrewers across the Southeast are encouraged to create their own 10 Year Harvest Pale Ales to celebrate the past 10 years of Riverbend Malt and the craft malt community that the local malthouse has helped to create. Find the recipe here. 

Introducing the Riverbend Malt House 10 Year Anniversary Malt: Sunset Wheat Malt

Just in time for autumn, Riverbend Malt House welcomes a new sunset-hued malt variety into its portfolio. Sunset Wheat Malt is now available for purchase by brewers and distillers across the Southeast.

This new malt is rooted in the same high quality soft red winter wheat that we use for our flagship Appalachian Wheat. From there we explored a warmer kilning regime similar to a Munich-style. This technique uses large volumes of warm, moist air to develop the building blocks for color and flavor development. The result is a malt that is reminiscent of cookie dough finished with a dash of baking spice. 

“We’ve been exploring the flavor of Southern grown grains for a decade now, and Sunset Wheat marks the next chapter for us,” says Brent Manning, Co-Founder and Director of Product Development. “We know brewers and distillers are always on the lookout for something that is rich, complex, and still highly functional.” 

Sunset Wheat Malt weighs in at 9 SRM and 90 percent extract. Diastatic power is 108. Try this malt in a wide array of styles ranging from German Weisse beers to high gravity English-style ales.

Browse the Riverbend malt library here and place an order by emailing orders@riverbendmalt.com. All malt orders in October will include a free Riverbend 10 Year Harvest t-shirt, while supplies last. 

Riverbend Malt House Hits Recycling Milestone: 100,000 Pounds Of Rootlets Repurposed For Southeast Agriculture

Riverbend Malt House is proud to announce its milestone of 100,000 pounds of rootlets repurposed for the nearby ecosystem of local farmers.

While not usable in the malting process, Riverbend sends the remaining husks— or rootlets— from each batch of malt to nearby farms to be repurposed as animal feed.

“This process completely closes the loop in terms of sustainability,” says Riverbend Malt House CEO Scott Hickman. “Consistent with our Malt With A Mission philosophy, kindness to the environment is important. If we create waste we want to turn it into a byproduct, or reduce the amount of waste created.”

In this case, the byproduct makes for happy cows at North Carolina farms like J4 Cattle Company in Morganton. “Our herd of steer eat close to a ton of rootlets every week. The young calves enjoy it too,” says owner Robin Jackson. “This has been a great partnership all the way around.”

Rootlet repurposing is one of Riverbend’s many tactics for lessening their environmental impact, which includes the reduction of 1,064,030 of CO2 in ten years through local sourcing within 500 miles of the malthouse.

Read the full press release here.

Riverbend Malt House Announces Capacity Expansion

Riverbend Malt House today announced the successful completion of the first batch of barley malted on its new 10-tonne Germination Kiln Vessel (GKV) unit.

Read more in this press release.

“Crafted” Season 2 feat Riverbend Malt House Now Available on Amazon Prime

Riverbend Malt House is featured as one of the “makers” in the documentary series Crafted now available on Amazon Prime.

 

Amazon Prime “Crafted” Season 2 featuring Riverbend Malt House now available

Riverbend Malt House Announces Partnership with New Belgium Brewing

Riverbend Malt House has partnered with New Belgium Brewing on Old Tuffy Premium Lager, which now includes Riverbend’s Southern Select, a flavorful base malt produced with 2-row barley grown and malted in North Carolina.

“As a fourth generation alumni, I’ve wanted Riverbend to be a part of this beer since it was released,” says Brent Manning, Riverbend’s co-founder, “so it was really gratifying to have our malt included in the recipe.”

Press Release – New Belgium Partnership – Old Tuffy

Riverbend Malt House Announces Great Chit

For immediate release

Riverbend Malt House Announces Great Chit

New dextrine-style malt for superior foam retention

Asheville, NC – July 14th, 2020. Riverbend Malt House today announced the immediate availability of its new “Great Chit” Chit Malt. It is designed to be used as a source of additional dextrine for superior head retention and foam stability.

“Mouthfeel is so important to the experience of drinking beer,” says Brent Manning, Founder and head of product development for Riverbend. “It’s very satisfying to be able to offer a locally-sourced specialty product like Great Chit which can be a substitute for dextrine malts”.

“After running a small batch trial on Riverbend’s new chit malt,” says Kyle MacKenzie, head brewer at Green Man Brewery, “we were excited to find that head formation and foam stability were greatly increased. We plan on replacing the oats and wheat we use for head retention currently with Riverbend’s chit malt going forward.”

Riverbend’s Great Chit is in stock and available for immediate delivery.

About Riverbend Malt House
Riverbend Malt House, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Asheville, NC, is one of the original craft malting facilities in the US. Utilizing grain sourced from local, family owned farmers, Riverbend malt fuels high quality, unique beverages produced by hundreds of North America’s finest craft breweries and distilleries.  www.riverbendmalt.com

For further information contact: Matt Thompson matt@riverbendmalt.com 206.799.0999

Press Release – Chit Malt 14 July 2020

Riverbend Malt House Announces “Kindred Spirits” Collaboration

Kindred Spirits Press Release – 7.3.2020
Riverbend Malt House Announces “Kindred Spirits” Collaboration
Proceeds to benefit North Carolina’s Restaurant Workers Relief Fund

Asheville, NC – July 3rd, 2020. Riverbend Malt House today announced the release of the newly created “Kindred Spirits” collaboration IPA. The beer will be available on July 3rd and can be purchased onsite in 16-ounce 4-pack formats at retailers such as Total Wine and Tasty Beverage.
Proceeds from the sales of “Kindred Spirits” will be donated to the NC Restaurant Workers Relief Fund that was created by the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association. The fund benefits individuals and families in the food and beverage industry needing financial assistance due to the COVID-19 economic disruption.

Riverbend collaborated with Ancillary Fermentation based in Cary, North Carolina for this project. “Whit and his team have strong relationships throughout the Triangle, reflected Brent Manning, Co-Founder of Riverbend. “Those connections, along with their creative approach to recipe development, make them a great fit for this project.”

“We were looking for a project that would allow us to give back to our community and the Kindred Spirits collaboration was the perfect opportunity,” commented Whit Baker, Head Brewer and Co- owner of Ancillary Fermentation.

“Kindred Spirits” was crafted as a cross-continental style IPA, pulling in elements of both West Coast and New England styles. Riverbend contributed two types of malted oats along with their Base Camp and Vienna malts to create a slightly sweet, biscuity backbone that perfectly compliments the fruity hop character of the Citra and Nelson Sauvin hops. “We wanted to meld elements of the two prominent IPA styles to capture a large audience for this beer,” noted Manning.

About Riverbend Malt House
Riverbend Malt House, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Asheville, NC, is one of the original craft malting facilities in the US. Utilizing grain sourced from local, family owned farmers, Riverbend malt fuels high quality, unique beverages produced by hundreds of North America’s finest craft breweries and distilleries. www.riverbendmalt.com

Collaboration Partner:
Ancillary Fermentation – https://www.ancillaryfermentation.com/

About the North Carolina Restaurant Worker Relief Fund
The goal of the NC Restaurant Workers Relief fund is to provide immediate financial assistance to the tens of thousands of cooks, servers, dishwashers, housekeepers, and others who live paycheck-to-paycheck, and suddenly find themselves in distress.
Learn more at https://www.ncrestaurantrelief.com/

For further information contact Brent Manning (828-450-1081) brent@riverbendmalt.com

Sales Contact: Andrew@ancillaryfermentation.com
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