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Crisp Malt Webinar #17 – Cost-Saving Tips in the Brewery (managing money wisely)

With years of experience working in breweries, Carl Heron and Mike Benson our Craft Brewing Sales managers at Crisp Malt will be sharing their best tips on saving money in the brewery. They will be talking through cost savings with raw materials, energy and consumables. This webinar will be useful for anyone who is looking […]

Crisp Malt Webinar #16 – Beer Tasting

Join Carl Heron and Mike Benson for our next Crisp Malt Webinar on Beer Tasting. Carl and Mike will talk to you by setting up a taste panel, tasting techniques, and discussing the common flavours in beers and how they are formed. There may also be a horror story or 2 about past experiences. A great […]

Crisp Webinar 15 – Cask Ale: The Epitome of Great Beer

Join Nigel Gibbons and Carl Heron for our Crisp webinar on cask ale in celebration of cask ale week. They will be looking at the history of cask beer, best practices in making it and what makes cask ale taste so great. A UK Maltster established in 1870, Crisp Malt combines traditional and modern malting […]

Crisp Malt Webinar No 14: Beer Recipe Development and Creating a Festive Brew

Join Crisp Malt’s Master Brewer, Carl Heron on beer recipe development and creating a festive brew. Carl covers the theory behind beer recipes, such as choosing the right malts, yeast and hops that compliment each other. A UK Maltster established in 1870, Crisp Malt combines traditional and modern malting techniques, creating an impressive range of […]

Crisp Malt Webinar No 13: Packaging – Beer Keg and Can

Crisp Malt’s Master Brewer Carl Heron and Mike Benson our Craft Brewing Sales Manager as they discuss best practice when packaging your beer into kegs and cans. Covering everything from beer preparation DO2 measurement, pasteurisation and sterile filtration to filling techniques. Making British malt since 1870, Crisp Malt combines traditional and modern malting techniques, creating […]

Crisp Webinar 12: Mixed Fermentation with Duration Brewery

In our next webinar, we will be looking at mixed fermentation and barrel ageing. In the past few years, there has been a huge boom in the use of wood to create a mixed fermentation environment. We will be discussing tips and tricks to create these complex and flavourful beers. We will also be looking […]

Crisp Webinar No 11: Crisp Heritage Malt Programme Webinar

Crisp Webinar No 11: Crisp technical director Dr David Griggs, alongside Dr Sarah De Vos of New Heritage Barley and Dr Chris Rideout from the John Innes Centre, tell the story of our heritage malt programme; its origins, growth and impact on beer flavour. Along for the ride are Crisp Master Brewer Carl Heron and […]

Crisp Webinar No 10: Distilling Speciality Malts Webinar

Colin Johnston, Crisp Malt’s Craft Distilling Manager, is joined by Rutele Marciulionyte of Heriot-Watt University. Rutele is currently studying towards a PhD in the subject of Specialty Malt Use in Distilling, she shares her findings from year one of her research into speciality malt flavour. In addition, Dr Jack Mayo, from Holyrood Distillery, Edinburgh’s first […]

Crisp Webinar No 9: How to brew the perfect West Coast IPA

Crisp Malt’s Carl Heron takes us through the history of malt, brewing ingredients ans the techniques required to produce this American classic beer; the West Coast IPA It’s a tough one to get right with all that bitterness and hop profile going on. What are the best malts to balance it all out and let […]

Crisp Webinar No 8: Brewing the Perfect New England (Hazy) IPA

Hosted by Mike Benson, the Craft Sales Brewing Manager at Crisp Malt; Carl Heron and Mark Gammons from Tiny Rebel Brewery in Wales as they walk through the process of creating a NEIPA recipe. They also offer up plenty of tips and tricks and we’ve answered a whole host of questions along the way. Established […]