Craft Malt Beer Category Sees Competitive Entries at 2026 Great American Beer Festival
The 2026 Great American Beer Festival (GABF)® Awards named the top three craft beers that showcased craft malt from Craft Maltsters Guild member malthouses. This Craft Malt Beer category was highlighted as a specialty category.
Craft Maltsters Guild Opens Registration For 2027 Malt Cup Submissions
Registration for the 2027 Malt Cup opens November 20, 2026 and runs through December 20, 2026. Once registered, maltsters can submit their samples through January 4, 2027.
Craft Maltsters Guild To Celebrate Third Annual Craft Malt Month
Find the full calendar of events and submit yours at CraftMaltMonth.com.
Craft Maltsters Guild Names 2026 Malt Cup Winners
The Craft Maltsters Guild announced the 2026 Malt Cup award recipients at a virtual ceremony, with winners from across the globe.
Craft Maltsters Guild To Announce 2026 Malt Cup Winners at Virtual Awards Ceremony on February 26
Now in its eighth year, the Malt Cup competition is the only internationally recognized competition for the craft malting industry.
Craft Malt Month 2025 To Celebrate North American Grain Farmers, Craft Maltsters, and Truly Local Brewers & Distillers
Craft Malt Month is a celebration of the grassroots movement toward more resilient and sustainable grain supply chains that make better tasting beer and spirits.
Craft Maltsters Guild Recaps MaltCon2025
The Craft Maltsters Guild reported international attendance and the largest Malt Cup competition yet from MaltCon2025, the organization’s annual conference and trade expo.
Craft Maltsters Guild Announces Inaugural Craft Malt Month, Slated For September 2024
Media interested in covering Craft Malt Month and learning more about the Craft Maltsters Guild are encouraged to join a virtual press conference on Thursday, August 22.
Craft Maltsters Guild Announces 2024 Malt Cup Winners In MaltCon2024 Recap
The Craft Maltsters Guild had another successful MaltCon in 2024, with more 150 individuals from 10 countries participating both in person and virtually.
MaltCon2024 Registration Open and Speakers Announced; Dr. Patrick Hayes and Dr. Xiang Yin To Keynote
Early bird registration for #MaltCon2024 is now open. This international malt conference will feature keynote speakers Dr. Patrick Hayes and Dr. Xiang Yin.
Craft Maltsters Guild Accepting 2024 Malt Cup Submissions Through October 13
The Craft Maltsters Guild is accepting submissions for the Malt Cup, the only malt competition in the world, until October 13th, 2023.
Craft Maltsters Guild Shares 2023 State of the Industry Update
The Craft Maltsters Guild introduces Alice Blayne-Allard as the new Executive Director and gives an update on the state of the industry.
Craft Maltsters Guild Announces 2024 Craft Malt Conference Destination with Request For Session Proposals
The Craft Maltsters Guild has selected the University of California Davis Conference Center the location for the 2024 Craft Malt Conference on February 23 and 24, 2024.
Maine’s First Maltster Blue Ox Malthouse Wins Two Prestigious Malt Cup Awards
Among the 90 total entries from 34 malthouses in four malt categories, Blue Ox received bronze Malt Cup awards in the Pale and Light Munich categories.
Loveland Malthouse Completes a Near Sweep of International Malt Cup Awards
Root Shoot Malting is the only craft malthouse to win an award all five years of the competition’s existence and the only malthouse to medal in every category in a single year.
Craft Maltsters Guild Transitions 2022 Craft Malt Conference to All Virtual Experience, Postpones Advanced Class
The Craft Maltsters Guild announced this week the transition of their 2022 Craft Malt Conference to an all-virtual experience for participants. Along with conference changes, the Advanced Class in Craft Malt Production planned to precede the event will be postponed until later in the year, with new dates yet to be determined.
Craft Maltsters Guild Debuts Opportunity: 2022 Advanced Class in Craft Malt Production
The Craft Maltsters Guild will offer a four-day intensive workshop in the days leading up to the 2022 Craft Malt Conference in Portland, Maine (CMC 2022).
Root Shoot Malting Wins 2021 Malt Cup for Genie Pale Malt
Colorado craft maltster Root Shoot Malting wins Malt Cup for third consecutive year, now the only malthouse in the world to make this claim.
2021 Malt Cup Winners, Soles of Malt Recipient Named During First Virtual Craft Malt Conference Awards Ceremony
Gold Rush Malt was awarded Best of Show and became the first malt house to win two gold medals in a single season.
Craft Maltsters Guild Announces Newly Elected and Returning Board Members
The Craft Maltsters Guild (CMG) is thrilled to announce the new election of the largest and most diversely talented Board of Directors yet, just in time for the annual gathering of its community at the virtual 2021 Craft Malt Conference.