At Grouse Malt House, we are committed to not only making high quality malt but also pushing the limits of flavor. Recently, we expanded our product portfolio by adding a malt that is high-dried, meaning kilned with increased heat. This product is now known as Red Wing Millet Malt. This malt has a robust flavor … Read more
Maybe you?ve noticed we?ve been in the dark for a few months with our news blog. This is not because the company went on a hiatus and all our staff spent the time drinking gluten-free beer in the Southern Alps. It has actually been quite the opposite! Grouse started from very humble beginnings back in … Read more
Starling, our favorite and most ambitious project as of late, is in flight! Starling consists of an upgraded malt handling and packing facility, bulk storage, improved malt conveying, a custom steep tank and the first of many GKVs drums. This equipment will keep us turning out our classic malts as well as new products in … Read more
We?re a bit overdue on giving you all an update on the Banjo Brown Ale made a few months ago. We realized this today when a gent by the name of Marc Martin stopped by the malt house to inquire about our products and their feasibility in a commercial brewery. Marc is a commercial brewery … Read more
When Grouse started malting and roasting gluten-free grains on a commercial scale, we did so by repurposing a dairy milk tank into a uni-system micro-malting vessel. We also modified a coffee roaster to roast grain. The equipment build-out process took time, patience, quite a bit of fabrication, and technical assistance & moral support from members … Read more