Spring rains could make price of a pint tumble
By: JimOldfield
May 24th, 2012
Finally, there is some good news for real ale brewers… and maybe drinkers too! As the price of a pint continues to soar as a result of beer taxes, it has been announced that the recent heavy rains have caused the international price of malting barley to drop sharply, after an increase in production. Growers Read the full post…
Beware fungicide that’s just too new, barley growers warned
By: JimOldfield
May 20th, 2012
Malting barley growers have been warned to be careful in their choice of fungicides when responding to mounting disease pressure. As the spring rains increase the risk from fungal attack, new fungicide Adexar is so fresh from testing that – despite getting approval from the Chemicals Regulation Directorate – it has not yet undergone trials Read the full post…
Time to hail ‘secret’ winner, the malt industry
By: JimOldfield
May 10th, 2012
Britain is the third largest producer of malt in the world – and yet some people working in our pub and brewing industry don’t even know what it is! That’s what the chairman of the country’s maltsters revealed to the Food and Agriculture Minister this month, at a meeting to discuss raising the profile of Read the full post…
Drinkers need a wet summer, brewers warn
By: JimOldfield
April 14th, 2012
Beer supplies are under serious threat unless the UK sees some prolonged rainfall in the next few months, drinkers have been warned. Yields of barley – of which 1.7m tonnes are used annually by the UK brewing industry – are being seriously compromised by the worst drought in the UK since 1976. Britain’s biggest brewer, Read the full post…
Long-term contracts needed to secure brewers’ malt supplies?
By: JimOldfield
July 31st, 0201
Long-term contracts between winter barley malt growers and the brewing industry may be the way to ensure its continued supply, at a time when world production of all forms of barley is falling. Brewers’ concern over how to underpin supplies was explored at a recent “meet the grower” day when they visited three barley producers Read the full post…
