Blue Ox Malthouse Adds Seven Roasted Floor Malts To Portfolio
Major expansion in 2024 established Blue Ox Malthouse as the world’s largest floor maltster in America and implemented a roaster to offer specialty roasted malt products rarely available from craft maltsters.
LISBON FALLS, ME– Blue Ox Malthouse has seven new roasted malt products in stock.
Major expansion in 2024 established Blue Ox Malthouse as the world’s largest floor maltster outside of Europe. It also implemented new equipment and processes to enable the malthouse to offer specialty roasted malt products rarely available from craft maltsters.
After rigorous research and development— which included experimentation with Blue Ox customers Maine Beer Co., Tributary Brewing, and Goodfire Brewing— Blue Ox is pleased to present seven new roasted malts: Chocolate Rye, Crystal 90, Crystal 120, Golden Triticale, Roasted Barley, Roasted Oats, and Roasted Wheat. Like all of Blue Ox’s offerings, these new malt styles are floor malted with premium grains sourced from family farms in the Northeast. Their specifications are as follows:
Chocolate Rye - Roasted pretzels and dark chocolate. Flavorful and black in color. 350 SRM.
Crystal 90 - Deeply nutty flavors with hints of molasses. 80-90 SRM.
Crystal 120 (Special Moxie) - Cooked raisins, roasted sugars, and maple syrup. 110-120 SRM.
Golden Triticale - Pure s’mores and granola. Put it on ice cream! 10-15 SRM.
Roasted Barley - Baking chocolate and dark-roasted coffee. Dark black color. 600 SRM.
Roasted Oats - Notes of sesame and sugar cookies with a glass of milk. 200 SRM.
Roasted Wheat - Huskless and roasted to perfection. Notes of coffee and chocolate. 550 SRM.
Browse these roasted malt styles and the entire Blue Ox malt portfolio at blueoxmalthouse.com. Brewers, distillers, and bakers interested in purchasing Blue Ox’s floor malted products can contact orders@blueoxmalthouse.com.
Media inquiring about Blue Ox Malthouse can contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com.
ABOUT BLUE OX MALTHOUSE
Launched in 2013 by homebrewer and community organizer-turned-maltster Joel Alex, Blue Ox Malthouse is Maine's first malting operation. Blue Ox Malthouse seeks to push the possibilities of craft beer and spirits, and support Maine agriculture by connecting these two groups through world class quality Maine-made malt. Reinvigorating a centuries-old floor malting tradition, Blue Ox is committed to growing the connection between brewers and farmers while striving to grow more sustainable food systems and serve as a model for sustainable and rural economic development. Learn more at blueoxmalthouse.com.
Murphy & Rude Partners With Three Notch’d Brewing as Dedicated Specialty Malt Supplier
Murphy & Rude Malting Company is proud to announce Three Notch’d Brewing Co. as one of several partners making significant commitments to utilizing Virginia-grown and malted grain.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA— Murphy & Rude Malting Company is proud to announce Three Notch’d Brewing Co. as one of several partners making significant commitments to utilizing Virginia-grown and malted grain to add the valued elements of freshness, terroir, and a more sustainable supply chain to the beers they produce.
Murphy & Rude is the primary speciality malt provider for Three Notch’d, which utilizes its wide range of high-kilned, crystal, and dry roasted malts, including C15 and C80, Vienna and Munich 9, and a custom blend of its Milk Chocolate and Baker’s Cocoa roasted malts, to name a few. Since 2018, Three Notch’d has integrated nearly 65,000 pounds of Murphy & Rude specialty malts across their portfolio of flagships, seasonals, and special releases.
“From color, to flavor, to aroma, Murphy & Rude's wide variety of specialty malts are a key contributor to the wide variety of beer we're able to craft,” says Founding Brewmaster of Three Notch’d David Warwick. “Our No Veto Brown Ale may be one of the very best showcases of Murphy & Rude's quality malting techniques. This beer is layered with depth and complexity from Munich 9, which lays the foundation; then tiered with Biscuit malt, Brown malt and finished with their Baker's Cocoa. Somehow, bready, biscuity, toffee, nutty, chocolate, and slight coffee notes can all co-exist on your palate without it being muddled.”
No Veto Brown Ale is among an array of Three Notch’d flagships that garner their locality, sense of place, and fresh flavors from Murphy & Rude malt.
“Having a fresh product is vital to our business, and we proudly boast that we are Virginia's Freshest Beer, so Murphy & Rude's specialty malts have become a staple in every beer we make,” adds Warwick. “The barley is grown right down the road, then goes straight to the malthouse, then immediately thrown on a truck less than 10 minutes from our loading dock. It doesn't get any fresher than that!”
The Three Notch’d Fresh Beer Club is a monthly Beer Membership featuring two different or new varieties of Three Notch'd beer each month handpicked by Warwick, with at least one selection guaranteed to have been packaged within the last two weeks.
Beyond freshness, quality, flavor, and locality, Three Notch’d chose Murphy & Rude to continue their education on what Warwick calls the “heart and soul of every beer.” Rob Mullin, the Production Manager at Three Notch’d, agrees, adding “One reason we appreciate our close relationship with Murphy & Rude is for the knowledge Jeff and his team provide to our brewers.”
Find Three Notch’d beers in bottle shops and grocery stores in Virginia and in select locations in Washington, DC.
Peruse the Murphy & Rude Flavor Guide HERE.
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Order by emailing orders@murphyrudemalting.com.
Contact Emily Hutto at hutto@radcraftbeer.com with any questions about the Murphy & Rude and Three Notch’d partnership, or with any media inquiries about the malthouse.
ABOUT MURPHY & RUDE MALTING CO.
At Murphy & Rude Malting, our name captures our attitude. With malt production processes rooted in traditional methods (our ol' dog Murphy) and then combined with innovation and adventurous creativity (Rudy, or Rude...the puppy), we create radical malts for differentiating products. Our focus is this: obsess over the attributes of flavor-, color-, and aroma-influencing specialty malts and then produce them from a variety of small grains grown both in and around Virginia. By applying a wide range of germination, kilning, stewing, crystallization, and drum roasting applications, we deliver malt with personality. Murphy & Rude Malting is a hand-in-glove supplier of fresher, more flavorful ingredients closer to home. With batch flexibility that comes with 200-ton annual capacity, our small scale positions us as the perfect partner in the creative process that fuels innovation in craft beer and spirits. As a specialty malthouse, Murphy & Rude is committed to providing a diversity of specialty grains to craft breweries and distilleries as traceably and thoughtfully as possible. Find us online at murphyrudemalting.com.