A quick primer is in order: when it comes to hobby brewing there’s two main types, extract brewing and all-grain brewing. The former uses a syrup that has been extracted from the grains at a factory ...

Oftentimes, hardwood lumber drying begins with exposure to an uncontrolled outside environment in a process called air drying. At times, loss of quality in this process can be in excess of 10 percent.

SARANAC, Mich. (WOOD) — A family in Saranac wants to shine light on an important ingredient in beer — malt. The Vierzen’s started Mushroom Head Malt Company on their malt farm a couple years ago with ...

Zach Davy, left, and Bill Hall stir barley. Rakes are used to turn the barley as it germinates so it sprouts uniformly. Zach Davy, left, and Bill Hall, co-founders of Missouri Valley Malt, are turning ...