Proximity Malt Monte Vista Newsletter Summer 2016
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Proximity Malt Laurel Newsletter Summer 2016
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Welcome Jake Capron to Monte Vista, Colorado!
Proximity Malt, 09-07-2016Proximity Malt is happy to welcome Jake Capron as our Regional Manager for the Southwest plant in Monte Vista, CO. Jake earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University where he majored in Feed Science and Management. He has gained over 10 years of knowledge and experience while… Read more
Two-Row Delivery!
Proximity Malt, 08-05-2016Just received our first shipment of Two-Row Barley!!!
Proximity Malt Welcomes Abby Kanyer!
Proximity Malt, 07-01-2016Proximity Malt is pleased to welcome Abigail (Abby) Kanyer to the team. Abby earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Wellesley College in 2014 and pursued her Masters of Science degree from the University of California – Davis in Food Science and Technology. Abby is finishing her thesis… Read more
Welcome Dave Kuske to the Proximity Malt Team!
Proximity Malt, 04-11-2016We are very pleased to announce that Dave Kuske has joined the Proximity Malt team as the Vice President of Operations. Dave has extensive grains and malting knowledge, having worked for Cargill Malt, Briess Malt, and most recently, Great Western Malting. At Proximity Malt, Dave will oversee the plants’ construction… Read more
The Malt Profile – Malt and Barley Blues
Proximity Malt, 03-10-2016http://www.totalales.co.uk/blog/2016/3/8/the-malt-profile-malt-barley-blues Throughout a lifetime of working in the cereal seed and grain industry, one of the most consistently difficult jobs I’ve had is to convince growers and end-users of grain crops that they need to adopt new cultivars. With one or two notable exceptions, the barley varieties that farmers have… Read more
Craft Beer Boom Benefits Local Barley Growing Farmers
Proximity Malt, 03-10-2016http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20160306/craft-beer-boom-benefits-local-barley-growing-farmers GERMANTOWN >> Dennis Nesel converts barley to malt the way it was done hundreds of years ago, spreading the water-soaked grain on his malt house floor and turning it with a shovel as it germinates to release the sugar needed for fermentation. “This is old-school heritage malting,” says Nesel,… Read more
In Walker’s Point, new Fuel Cafe’s Neighbors will include Juiced and Proximity Malt
Proximity Malt, 03-10-2016http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/370797541.html Fuel Cafe’s neighbors at its new location in Walker’s Point will include a growing juicing company and a start-up brewing supplier. Fuel Cafe announced last week that it will open in summer in a building that Mark Lathers’ Denmark LQ is redeveloping at 644 S. 5th St. One of… Read more
Laurel plant to make malt for brewers
Proximity Malt, 02-11-2016A Wisconsin startup wants to add a new flavor to Delmarva’s growing craft-brewing industry. If Proximity Malt has its way, it will process locally grown grains such as barley, wheat and rye into malt for craft breweries across the mid-Atlantic. It has chosen as its local base of operations a site… Read more