1. The Golden Pint Project

2. Beer

3. Barley

4. Beer = Barley, Hops, Water, (and yeast)
First there was the Reinheitsegbot, then came the adjuncts

5. The perfect food for yeast Controlled germination and kilning
Malt
The perfect food for yeast
Controlled germination and kilning

6. One variety: Many Malts
Time, temperature, moisture

7. The OSU Barley Project Crossing Doubled haploids Genetics and Breeding
Publication, Variety/Germplasm release
Herb, D.W., et al Malt modification and its effects on the contributions of barley genotype to beer. flavor. J. Amer. Soc. Brew. Chem. 75:

8. The OSU brewery

9. The OSU malt house Bridging the gap between barley and beer
~ 200 lbs malt

10. The craft Beer revolution= Barley, Hops, Water, and yeast

11. Barley – the next wave in craft beer flavor?

12. Testing the hypothesis that barley variety contributes to beer flavor
The Flavor Pack
Brewers Association, Deschutes, Firestone-Walker, New Glarus, Summit, Russian River, Sierra Nevada, Westland
Mecca Grade Estate Malting, Rahr Malting

13. 111 micro-malts, 150 nano-brews = 10 sensory sessions
Golden Promise x Full Pint
200 doubled haploids
Select 34 based on agronomic performance
Grow 34 + parents + check at 3 locations in Oregon
Beer
Sensory
JASBC
Publications
Micro-malt
Nano-brew
111 micro-malts, 150 nano-brews = 10 sensory sessions
17 descriptors, 0 – 8 scale

14. Barley contributes to beer flavor!
(and there is terroir)

15. Barley contributes to beer flavor!
(and it isn’t just the malting quality)

16. Top three Oregon Promise selections, parents, and check (Copeland)
Flavor descriptors
Top three Oregon Promise selections, parents, and check (Copeland)
Nano-beers

17. Scaling it all up
Andy Tullis/Bend Bulletin photo

18. Malting, brewing, and beer sensory
120058, , , Copeland
Herb Farm, 2017 crop
Mini-Malt
OSU
100 lbs
Pilot Brew
Deschutes
62 gallons
Beer Sensory
The Flavor
Pack
2018 plantings
Golden Pint Project
Publication
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19. Breeding
Malting
Management

21.
@barleyworld
@multibarley
Barley Day: June 1, 2018
Corvallis, OR