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Offline hopfenundmalz

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Maris Otter Production in the UK
« on: December 10, 2014, 07:02:05 am »
The Crisp MO discussion got me thinking about Maris Otter and how we as homebrewers focus on it. I have used a bag of Pearl and it was fine. There are other malt varieties grown in England, and I have read before that there is not that much Maris Otter grown, and it is a niche product for UK craft brewers. So the attached link has the varieties grown in the UK in a graph, and Maris Otter is a small but fairly constant sliver of production.

http://www.ukmalt.com/sites/default/files/files/MAGB%20MBUpdate14%20vL.pdf

Here is another link that shows the barley growing regions in the UK, and where the maltsters are.
http://www.ukmalt.com/uk-malting-sites-map

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Re: Maris Otter Production in the UK
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2014, 01:52:30 pm »
Second link is neat but the first one is not working for me
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Re: Maris Otter Production in the UK
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2014, 02:25:46 pm »
Second link is neat but the first one is not working for me

It is a .pdf that takes a long while to load, but the link worked for me.
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Re: Maris Otter Production in the UK
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2014, 05:51:40 pm »
now it worked on laptop, may just not have liked the ipad. Thanks
Frank L.
Fermenting: Nothing (ugh!)
Conditioning: Nothing (UGH!)
In keg: Nothing (Double UGH!)
In the works:  House IPA, Dark Mild, Ballantine Ale clone(still trying to work this one into the schedule)

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Re: Maris Otter Production in the UK
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2014, 08:15:17 pm »
Trying to get over jet lag this summer on a visit to UK I ended up listening to The BBC early morning (5.30am) farming radio programs.

They had this one which went into this years maris otter harvest and about growing conditions etc. Apparently a good harvest this year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04brjqs

Unfortunately the podcast of that episode has now expired but this article goes over many of the points from the broadcast
http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming-news/brewers_and_ale_lovers_prepare_to_celebrate_the_50th_anniversary_of_maris_otter_barley_1_3830357

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Re: Maris Otter Production in the UK
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2014, 06:05:52 pm »
Thanks for posting this information.  My favorite British base malt is Pearl, but I am always open to trying different cultivars.