Since 1870 we’ve lived and breathed malting. With this passion and expertise, and by combining traditional and modern techniques, we create an impressive range of malted and non-malted products, including several unique and exclusive barley malts.
We have a wide range of malts suitable for brewing and distilling to provide you with the foundations for creating your next beer or whisky.
There is nothing more we love than talking to brewers and distillers so if you have any questions, or would like to arrange a call with a member of our team, please feel free to get in touch – we would love to hear from you!
Episode 3
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The Life of Maris Otter – Episode 3.
If you’ve been following this docuseries from the start, you’ll know that we’ve seen this wonderful crop being drilled in October, cared for over the cold winter months, treated in the springtime, and popping its head out over the past few weeks. If you’re lucky enough to live in the beautiful countryside, you may have even seen the fields near you start to change. We’re launching this episode as the next installment – harvest time and crop storage!
As part of this crop’s life, we hope every year that the sun and rain work together to build the grains up to be full and perfect for the malting process and, therefore, the brewing process! As our Maris Otter is grown in the UK, it’s sometimes not that straightforward. Farmers work so hard to produce excellent two-row barley despite what the weather throws at them – and most of the time, they do just that!
In this episode, you’ll hear Chris at B&C Farming explain what happened with the barley harvest in 2023. If you like to see huge combine harvesters in action, want to find out how these magnificent machines work and want to learn what journey the Maris Otter barley grain goes through once it’s taken off the field, then this episode may just be your favorite so far.
You’ll also learn about how the barley is stored and how farmers cool the grain down. B&C Farming cools Maris Otter down to around 10 degrees Celsius to ensure pests and bugs can’t survive while the barley is being stored. The grain then sits comfortably in the stores, ready to be delivered to our malting site in Great Ryburgh in Norfolk, England and ready to become your favorite heritage brewing malt: Maris Otter.
Watch the latest episode of “The Life of Maris Otter Docuseries” here. Or if you’ve not yet seen Episode 1 and Episode, then head over to our YouTube channel, The Life of Maris Otter playlist to watch those first!
