{"id":7031877,"date":"2026-08-07T11:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/craft-malting-with-jeff-bloem-beersmith-podcast-348-beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:22:44","slug":"craft-malting-with-jeff-bloem-beersmith-podcast-348-beersmith-home-brewing-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7031877","title":{"rendered":"Craft Malting with Jeff Bloem \u2013 BeerSmith Podcast #348 \u2013 BeerSmith Home Brewing Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-ast-blocks-layout=\"true\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff Bloem joins me from Murphy and Rude Malting in Virginia to discuss challenges his business has had producing craft malt, his new partnership with Carolina malts and his craft malt offerings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subscribe on iTunes to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id398500515?mt=2\">Audio version <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">Video version<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7vwQRBi8HJBpePV3I7Dpj5\">Spotify <\/a>or <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLmt3Is-jbBLXos-tmhHJ2e_tCMQooh7gj&amp;si=JnITvPpXDFmKOO_I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Google Music<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-348-Bloem.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the MP3 File<\/a>\u2013 Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file.<\/p>\n<p> <audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-348-Bloem.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Craft Malting with Jeff Bloem - BeerSmith Podcast #348\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fdU0hZBnbMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<h3 id=\"topics-in-this-week-s-episode-50-46\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topics in This Week\u2019s Episode (39:25)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This week I welcome back Jeff Bloem. Jeff is the founder and head malster at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murphyrudemalting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Murphy &amp; Rude Malting<\/a> in Charlottesville, VA. Opening in 2018, they are Virginia\u2019s first dedicated commercial specialty malt house producing a wide variety of base, high kiln and specialty malts for brewers and distillers. He has partnered up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinamalt.com\/\">Carolina Malt House<\/a> to produce a number of joint malts.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff ran into a series of difficult challenges with his malting business this Spring. He explains how a production move, and bad batch of malt created unsolvable problems for his business.<\/li>\n<li>We also discuss how he partnered at the last minute with Carolina malting to rescue the business and Jeff tells us how his production partnership works.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff tells us about his partnership with Carolina malt in detail.<\/li>\n<li>I ask about the Craft Beer industry which is under a lot of pressure to cut costs, but he says Craft malting is still doing well.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the strong business case for locally and artisanal brewing ingredients and Jeff tells us about what these ingredients bring to beer.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff talks about his current production lineup of Craft malts as well as the malt Carolina Malting has brought to the partnership.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss his \u201cGrainStore\u201d shop which is temporarily offline. Jeff is hoping to reopen it shortly if he can find the right partner.<\/li>\n<li>Jeff tells us where you can buy Murphy and Rude and also Carolina malts.<\/li>\n<li>He shares his closing thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>iTunes Announcements<\/strong>: I launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">video channel for the BeerSmith podcast on iTunes<\/a>, so subscribe now! At the moment it will only feature the new widescreen episodes (#75 and up). Older episodes are available on my revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/mrbeersmith\">Youtube channel<\/a>. Also all of my <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">audio episodes are on iTunes<\/a> now \u2013 so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"thoughts-on-the-podcast\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"subscribe-to-the-podcast-on-itunes-or-beersmith-radio\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can subscribe to the audio or video using the iTunes links below, or the feed address<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And finally, don\u2019t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (or link at the top of the page) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n<p><!--end responsive_icons--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"57680d19948c066c80b12bd4-text\/javascript\">\n                    (function(d, s, id) {\n                        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                        js = d.createElement(s);\n                        js.id = id;\n                        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2\";\n                        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Bloem joins me from Murphy and Rude Malting in Virginia to discuss challenges his business has had producing craft malt, his new partnership with Carolina malts and his craft malt offerings. 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