That's Crafty Maltsters pulling out of the malting business.
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In 2015, the idea for Crafty Maltsters came to life, firmly grounded in the belief that there is significant value to be recognised and a compelling story to be shared about the land, the barley, and the farmers who nurture the incredible grain that gives life to so many of our beers and spirits.
A decade on from that first idea, we find ourselves facing the difficult choice to sell our malting equipment and close this chapter. Over the years, we have navigated significant challenges, from constructing a malting plant to enduring these economically turbulent times as a new business. Our family's resilience and adaptability have always enabled us to discover solutions and keep smiling. However, it has not been easy; managing the additional workload and the pressures of running a new business without extra hands was never going to be simple.
We have had the privilege of meeting and collaborating with incredible people from around the world. We have acquired new skills, grown personally, and, most importantly, we have done it together as a family.
Over the last year we have explored every option and wrestled with the feeling of defeat, but that is far from the case. We have every reason to hold our heads high, proud of our achievements. We created a business that many believed we could not, while also adding a fresh perspective to the conversation on the importance of barley and its farmers. We posed the question, "Does barley matter?" and answered it with a definitive yes.
We may have stopped malting for now but we continue with our roots, farming, as the generations before us have done. The greatest lesson we learn, is that our resilience comes from these roots, just as it does for the thousands of farming families the length and breadth of the UK. We all have incredible stories to tell, we all provide the backbone of the food and drink industry and whilst the doors of Crafty Maltsters may be closing for now, the UK's farmers will continue, as they have always done, to keep the doors open for us all.
Thank you to every one of you who has helped us along the way and to all of our fellow farmers, we hope we did you proud.
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Crafty Maltsters
Closing a ChapterIn 2015, the idea for Crafty Maltsters came to life, firmly grounded in the belief that there is significant value to be recognised and a compelling story to be shared about the land, the barley, and the farmers who nurture the incredible grain that gives life to so many of our beers and spirits.
A decade on from that first idea, we find ourselves facing the difficult choice to sell our malting equipment and close this chapter. Over the years, we have navigated significant challenges, from constructing a malting plant to enduring these economically turbulent times as a new business. Our family's resilience and adaptability have always enabled us to discover solutions and keep smiling. However, it has not been easy; managing the additional workload and the pressures of running a new business without extra hands was never going to be simple.
We have had the privilege of meeting and collaborating with incredible people from around the world. We have acquired new skills, grown personally, and, most importantly, we have done it together as a family.
Over the last year we have explored every option and wrestled with the feeling of defeat, but that is far from the case. We have every reason to hold our heads high, proud of our achievements. We created a business that many believed we could not, while also adding a fresh perspective to the conversation on the importance of barley and its farmers. We posed the question, "Does barley matter?" and answered it with a definitive yes.
We may have stopped malting for now but we continue with our roots, farming, as the generations before us have done. The greatest lesson we learn, is that our resilience comes from these roots, just as it does for the thousands of farming families the length and breadth of the UK. We all have incredible stories to tell, we all provide the backbone of the food and drink industry and whilst the doors of Crafty Maltsters may be closing for now, the UK's farmers will continue, as they have always done, to keep the doors open for us all.
Thank you to every one of you who has helped us along the way and to all of our fellow farmers, we hope we did you proud.
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They were brilliant and where I picked up my base malts. I'll even forgive the look up and down on my first trip to the farm (to be fair I was in a skirt suit and heels) when I was asked if I was in the right place.
