PROXIMITY NEWS

http://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

http://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

A 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

Craft malting company to build new facilities in Colorado and Delaware to serve breweries in the regions. MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Proximity Malt, LLC announced today the construction of two new regional craft malting plants intended to serve local craft brewers and other specialty malt users in the Mid-Atlantic and Mountain Southwest regions…. Read more

Milwaukee, WI October 2nd, 2015 – Proximity Malt, LLC announced today the closing of its private equity financing with $60 million of funding commitments from NGP Global Agribusiness Partners, an affiliate of NGP Energy Capital Management. Proximity Malt is committed to providing locally sourced and produced high quality base and specialty malts for… Read more

MONTE VISTA — Proximity Malt, LLC announced today the construction of two new regional craft malting plants intended to serve local craft brewers and other specialty malt users in the Mid-Atlantic and Mountain Southwest regions. These new plants will be uniquely positioned to provide specialty malts using locally-sourced barleys and… Read more

A new Milwaukee company that plans to produce malts for craft brewers said Friday it is building regional plants in Colorado and Delaware. Proximity Malt LLC said the plants, in Monte Vista, Colo., and Laurel, Del., will serve local craft brewers and specialty malt users in the Mountain-Southwest and Mid-Atlantic… Read more