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Malting Facility Uses Custom Grains And Malts
In May 2024, North Dakota farmers David Anfinson and Paul Weyrauch opened their malting facility, ND Malting & Hops, acting on a nearly five-year-old shared idea. Anfinson had experience growing malt barley for a large brewing company, and the pair had noticed a local barley surplus combined with an area shortage of ma
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Malting Facility Uses Custom Grains And Malts
In May 2024, North Dakota farmers David Anfinson and Paul Weyrauch opened their malting facility, ND Malting & Hops, acting on a nearly five-year-old shared idea. Anfinson had experience growing malt barley for a large brewing company, and the pair had noticed a local barley surplus combined with an area shortage of malt.
Each of the partners grows approximately 500 acres of a unique barley variety developed by North Dakota State University in a crop rotation on their farm.
ND Malting & Hops targets quality and traceability in offering custom-grown grains and malts to nearby breweries and distilleries.
“It’s a big thing for us that we know everything about our different samples,” Weyrauch says. “We know exactly where it came from, the date and the field. Plus, we can afford to make better malt and keep the best and plumpest barley kernels as our surplus goes for animal feed.”
The partners control the supply chain from seeding to the finished product. Each batch is separately sampled and sent to an independent testing lab in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Batches receive certificates of analysis, which are critical to the needs of brewer and distiller buyers.
“Another big claim to fame we hold that others don’t is that our barley never touches the floor,” Weyrauch says. “It goes directly from the field to the combine, to a hopper bottom trailer, a hopper bottom bin, and into the plant. No one has ever told me they like to drink a beer off the floor, so that’s something we’re passionate about.”
ND Malting & Hops produces approximately 30 tons per week, which are shipped to local brewers and distillers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona in 50-lb. bags or large super sacks. The small operation has even been featured at Major League Baseball’s spring training facilities in Phoenix, Ariz.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, ND Malting & Hops Inc., 5715 139th Ave. NW, Williston, N.D. 58801 (ph 701-875-5555; orders@ndmalting.com; www.ndmaltingandhops.com).
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