1. Building Malt Research Infrastructure at Oregon State University
Assessing the Contributions of Barley to Beer Flavor

2. BA Timeline
Malt infrastructure development
Dialing in the malt infrastructure
Barley contributions to beer flavor

3. 2015-2016: Malt infrastructure development The Barley World Malt House
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: Malt infrastructure development
The Barley World Malt House
BA: Equipment
Donors: Remodeling

4. 2016-2017 Dialing in the malt infrastructure Aaron MacLeod consultancy
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Dialing in the malt infrastructure
Aaron MacLeod consultancy
Dialing in the mini-malter
Making malts; CoA’s online
Repeatability study on tap
Recommendations:
Grain analysis - yes
More malting options - yes
Malt analysis - not now

5. 2016-2017 Dialing in the malt infrastructure
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Dialing in the malt infrastructure
CoA’s posted – tasting is believing
Buck naked winter 6-row - taste the malt
Full Pint covered spring 2-row - taste the beer
Copeland covered spring 2-row - the ace of base

6. BA Timeline
Dialing in the malt infrastructure
Grain analysis
Foss Nova NIR for protein and moisture
Plump/thin, test weight
Germination, water sensitivity

7. BA Timeline
Dialing in the malt infrastructure
More malting options
CLP steep/germ, kiln – July 4, 2017

8. BA Timeline
Dialing in the malt infrastructure
Custom malts in the queue
Swersey & Hu selection
Oregon Promise
Thunder and Lightning
Buck Naked
Your barley

9. BA Timeline
Barley contributions to beer flavor:
Genetics and Breeding
Leveraging the Flavor Pack Project
Deschutes, Firestone-Walker, New Glarus,
Russian River, Sierra Nevada, Summit
Rahr Malting
Mecca Grade Estate
Malting

10. Building on the Flavor Pack findings
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Barley contributions to beer flavor: Genetics
Building on the Flavor Pack findings
Barley variety and growing environment contribute to beer flavor
1Herb, D.W., 2Meints, B.M., 3Jennings, R., 4Romagosa, I., 5Moscou, M., 6Carey, D., 7Cistue, L., 1Filichkin, T, 1Fisk, S.P., 1Helgerson, L., 8Martens, C., 3Monsour, R., 6Thiel, R., 3Tynan, S.P., 9Thomas, W.T.B., 3Vinkemeier, K., 1Hayes, P.M.
“By the way,  let me congratulate Dustin (and the rest of the malters and brewers) for the excellent work in doing malt, beer, sensorial panels, etc. No QTLs can be detected with bad data. Yours is outstanding .” I. Romagoza (UdL, Spain)

11. BA Timeline
Genetics of barley contributions to beer flavor
Higher resolution mapping of barley flavor genes
Nano-brew and sensory at Rahr
Align nano-brew and hot steep malt sensory data and genes
Search for novel flavors in exotic barley from the World Core Collection

12. BA Timeline
Barley contributions to beer flavor: Breeding
Flavor Fields Across America
Oregon Promise Selections + OSU AMBA Pilots: OR (3), WA(2), MN, WI, MI, OH, NY

13. BA Timeline
Barley contributions to beer flavor: Breeding
Romp of Otters (crosses with Maris Otter)
Bed of Violetts (crosses with Violetta)
Focus on facultative – plant when you want or when you need to (fall OR spring)

14. Thanks! The Oregon Barley Project crew – past and present
Brought to you by
Brewers Association
Federal and state tax dollars, federal grants
American Malting Barley Association, Flavor-Pack, Great Western Malting, Mecca Grade Estate Malt, Oregon Wheat Commission