Loveland s homegrown Root Shoot Malting took home a medal last weekend in the Malt Cup, an annual competition hosted by the Craft Maltsters Guild. This is the third year in a row that Root Shoot has won a piece of hardware, making it the only small malt producer in the country to pull off that feat.
The company s prize-winning grain was Genie Pale, which took bronze. Genie Pale Malt starts as Limagrain Cereal Seed’s award-winning Genie 2-row, which Troubadour Malting also cultivates in its Genie Pale and also won at the Malt Cup this year, Root Shoot says. More flavorful than a traditional 2-row base malt, this light malt has notes of bread and honey, making it an excellent base malt for any style beer.