Barley Matters: From U.S. To Europe Moderated by Fred Minnick, author of Whiskey Women and Bourbon Curious Presenters: Wayne Carpenter, Skagit Valley Malting. Emerson Lamb, Westland Distillery. Brigid Meints, Washington State University. Scott Ungermann, Anchor Brewers & Distillers. Tales of the Cocktail
1. Barley Matters: From U.S. To Europe Moderated by Fred
Minnick, author of Whiskey Women and Bourbon Curious Presenters:
Wayne Carpenter, Skagit Valley Malting. Emerson Lamb, Westland
Distillery. Brigid Meints, Washington State University. Scott
Ungermann, Anchor Brewers & Distillers.Tales of the
Cocktail
3. Barleys Importance Bourbon Barley is used for its
high-enzyme content and conversion of starches. It is not
intentionally used as a flavoring component. Kentucky distillers
use 6-row barley. Single Malt Scotch Distillers consistently rank
barley behind maturation in the hierarchy of importance. Most
currently use U.K.-produced Concerto spring malting barley, a 2-row
barley. On barley-quality: Alan McConnochie, manager of BenRiach,
GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh Asian Distillers Import barley from
UK. American Single Malt Distillers This is a relatively new
category and barley experimentation is alive.
4. Trial Plots in the Skagit ValleyBarley Types
5. Hulled Hull-less
6. Two-row Six-row
7. Even before the malting process, the barley plant faces
Diseases Insects Frost Geese
8. Making a cross!
9. Yield trials at WSU-Mount Vernon
10. Colored barley research
11. Malting Barley
12. Floor malting
13. Vast Numbers of New Flavors Grains MaltingProcesses 20,000
Barleys, 40,000 Wheats,