Rogue Farms Floor Malted Corn

Please visit rogue farms this fall and see how we grow beer spirits ciders and sodas.

Rogue farms floor malted corn. Who knows what rogue brewmaster john maier will be inspired to create with it. Shortly after that we ll begin the harvest of our 42 acre hopyard dream pumpkins wildflower honey dream rye rogue farms jalapenos wigrich corn and more. When we do our rogue farms corn floor malt and micro malt will be unlike anything on store shelves. Then it s off to the brewery and distillery in newport where john maier will use the rogue farms corn malt to mash our first ever batch of rogue spirits bourbon and corn whiskey.

In tiny batches of no more than 2 000 pounds apiece our maltsters steep spread germinate rake shovel kiln sift and bag our malt by hand. When we do our rogue farms corn floor malt and micro malt will be unlike anything on store shelves. Beekeeping 101 corn critters crop reports diy workshops dream pumpkins dream rye events free range chicks harvest hazelnuts honey honeybees hops jalapenos malting barley marionberries orchards potbellied pigs proprietary palate rain floods snow ice revolution garden rogue ales rogue farms rogue farms beer rogue farms independence rogue farms. Artisan floor malting was almost extinct when we revived this tradition at the farmstead malt house at rogue farms in tygh valley oregon.

Most brewers use flaked or torrified corn. There s not much information out there on how to floor malt corn so this has been a real learning experience for us. Our rogue farms dream rye will be harvested in summer floor malted and micro malted at our farmstead malt house in tygh valley then mashed fermented brewed and distilled at our brewery and distillery in newport into our next batches of oregon rye whiskey and roguenbier rye ale. Who knows what rogue brewmaster john maier will be inspired to create with it.

The revolution is strong and growing. Proudly rooted in oregon soil rogue s beers spirits and sodas are made with ingredients grown on rogue farms in independence oregon. Since 2008 rogue has remained committed to sharing the terroir of oregon hops honey cucumbers and pumpkins one acre at a time by growing its own. With elephants in short supply in the wigrich appellation we at rogue farms use more traditional ways of determining when our crop of wigrich corn is ready to be picked shucked and shelled.

From field to floor good chit pilsner is crafted with barley grown and malted at rogue farms in tygh valley oregon. There we ll floor malt and micro malt them using old world techniques that almost disappeared in the age of industrial brewing. We steep germinate flip kiln and bag of our rogue farms malts by hand. In a few months the corn wheat and barley you see in these photos will arrive at our farmstead malt house.

The revolution is strong and growing.