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2023 Recap: Elevating Southern Lager

We’ve seen lager styles gaining popularity across the Southeast over the last few years. During that time, we developed several different products, like Czech-style Pilsner, to help our customers build recipes that were “true to style”,…

2023 Holiday Gift Ideas From Your Local Malt House

With giving season upon, we put together a maltster-inspired 2023 holiday gift ideas list for you.  Maybe you're holiday shopping for a homebrewer who would love to tote their supplies around in a malt bag, or perhaps you want to treat a…

Craft Malt Converts: Beacon Brewing Co

For Southern proud LaGrange, Georgia-based Beacon Brewing Company, the choice to switch to Southern malt to brew Southern beer was essential to their brand. The decision fell perfectly in line with their desire to provide patrons with a fusion…

Learn To Homebrew Day Reflections: Homebrewing Session IPA Made With Riverbend Malt

 The homebrewing equipment: cleaned. The grain: spent. The beer: consumed. If you can believe it, it’s already been three months since our craft malt (home)brew day and Instagram live. Terminal gravity was achieved in less than ten…

Hot Steep Comparisons: Crystal Malt, Pilsner Malt, and Double Kilned Munich

At Riverbend, we dedicate a significant amount of time to sensory training. In these panels, we deep dive into the grain selection, recipe development, and in-house procedures that define our products. As with any great craft beer or spirit,…

Beer to Bags: Upcycling for a Cause

  Over the years, we’ve participated in some fun with upcycling projects in line with our environmental objectives; but the Beer to Bags partnership is taking our efforts to another level! Happy North Carolina Craft Beer Month…

Falling For Festbier

Oktoberfest Is In Full Effect.  Since we launched the malt house, Oktoberfest season sales calls were met with a similar refrain…. “I only use German malt for those recipes”.  Of course this makes sense; these events are wrapped…
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Riverbend Craft Malt Showcase Returns To Brick Store Pub September 21

DECATUR, GA— Brick Store Pub will host the second annual Riverbend Craft Malt Showcase on Thursday, September 21. This tap takeover will boast a stylistic range of 15 beers brewed with malt from Riverbend Malt House.    WHAT Craft…

Riverbend Malt House 2023 Harvest Report

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy When the temperature begins to warm and the days get longer, we start to watch the weather a bit more closely around the Southeast. Calls go out to our small grains…