I spotted that Minch Malting have an heirloom program, resurrecting barley varieties of yesteryear.
http://www.minchmalt.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Minch-Malt-Heirloom-Variety-Program-2018.pdf
I think Whitegypsy pimped it out and brought it to my attention.
I think they are still building up seed inventory to hit their 100tonne requirement for their malting facility, but does anyone know if some of that seed got malted and turned into beer on a pilot scale ?
Are white gypsy using it for a brew
Quote from: DEMPSEY on January 25, 2019, 12:25:35 PM
Are white gypsy using it for a brew
It wasn't clear to me - I think WG just reshared another FB post.
The Minch product guide has a development schedule and currently all the harvested barley is being retained for replanting and is not being malted. Their stated aim, is to get a 100MT yield *this year* of the Hunter variety which is the minimum batch size for their malting facility.
I am wondering though, if excess yield from the last harvest could have been malted on a smaller unit and released to a brewing partner for promotion purposes, and who would be doing that. By excess, we are talking tiny amounts, like hundreds of kilos at best. Which may be below the mash capacity of many breweries.