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Summer 2010 download PDF - 612 kb

• Midnight Wheat Malt, a new seasonal malt from Briess
• There's more than one malt to color a beer
• Insta Grains® flakes = Brewers flakes
• Rich Ellis is our new Division Manager-East

Spring 2010 download PDF - 627 kb

• Carabrown® Malt, a new seasonal malt from Briess
• Briess recognized as 'Energy Saver' by DOE
• Central Waters—The 'greenest' brewery in Wisconsin
• Coming soon—2-Row Wisconsin base malt
• Adjust color with Briess black malt extract

Fall 2009 download PDF - 1 mb

• New! Seasonal malts for your seasonal brews
• New! Caracrystal^® Wheat Malt & three recipes
• Register now for April 6 Malt & Brew Workshop

Summer 2009 download PDF - 694 kb

• 2009 Roger Briess Scholarship awarded
• Briess Smoked Malt....Perfect for fall and winter brews
• Featured Malt Category: Carapils^® Malt
• Recipe: Smoked Beers by Harpoon and Allagash

Spring 2009 download PDF - 499 kb

• Introducing. . .Briess Smoked Malt
• How green is my malt?
• Why rye? Because. . .
• Featured Malt Category: Roasted Caramel Malts
• Recipe: Smoked Porter

Fall 2008 download PDF - 555 kb

• 2008 Roger Briess Scholarship awarded
• Briess Black Malt now available as organic
• Featured Malt Category: Dark Roasted Malts
• Recipe: Deep Dark Chocolate Porter

Summer 2008 download PDF - 554 kb

• Waterloo Malthouse is recommissioned
• Briess named 'Partner in Excellence' by MillerCoors
• Featured Malt Category: High Temp Kilned Malts
• Recipe: Bodacious Bock Beer

Spring 2008 download PDF - 422 kb

• We've got a new look, new website
• Featured Malt Category: 'Uniquely Briess' Malts
• Recipe: Abbey On My Way Ale

• Briess celebrates 130 years of malting tradition
• Discover Card is now accepted for payment
• Highlights from the 2006 Craft Brewers Conference

• Here's our spin on Poor Richard's Ale
• Beer Styles/Malt Guide: American-Style Premium Lager
• Carapils^® and Victory^® Malts: unique names for unique malts

September-October 2005 download PDF - 202 kb

• Featured Malt: Chocolate Malt
• Beer Styles/Briess Malt Guide: Brown and Robust Porters
• Shipping notice
• Call today to request a  Briess Product Flyer

July-August 2005 (220 kb) download PDF - 202 kb

• Featured Malt: Pilsen Malt
• Beer Styles/Briess Malt Guide: German-Style Kolsch Beer
• Briess dryer is in full production
• Certifying agency changes to Oregon Tilth

May-June 2005 download PDF - 237 kb

• Featured Malt: Bonlander^® Malt
• Beer Styles/Briess Malt Guide: Bock Beer
• And the winner is...Mark Allen!
• From the 2005 CBC

March-April 2005 download PDF - 140 kb

• Featured Malt: Victory^® Malt
• Beer Styles/Briess Malt Guide: American Brown Ales
• Easy readin'
• Philly-bound
• Oh baby, what a month at Briess!
• Lot coding changed
• Insta Grians^® passes tough audit

Fall 2004 download PDF - 425 kb

• Brewin' organic beer
• Briess joins Organic Trade Association
• Steve Dresler wins a year's supply of malted milk balls
• New product flyer available
• Meet the Briess technical and support team
• Scenes from San Diego
• Rice hulls available in both 20# bags and 20# blocks
• Malt. Great for beer...and pizza crust, too
• Beer Styles/Briess Malt Guide: Brown Ales

Winter 2003 download PDF - 237 kb

• Briess unveils new name, logo
• We're NFPA Certified
• 6-Row is the shining star of the 2003 NA malting barley crop
• Choosing a Munich Malt to fit your style
• Briess appoints Craig Kennedy as CFO
• This brewer's assistant goes by the name of CBW^®
• 2004 holiday shipping schedule announced

Spring 2003 download PDF - 364 kb

• Wheat malt: quality through research
• Rye Malt makes a fresh, uniquely flavored Roggenbier
• Thank you, Mary Anne; enjoy retirement!
• Robert Widmaier, Ph.D., joins the Briess
• "Limited Edition" Victory^® Wheat Malt available
• Seeing double at the Polar Beer Festival
• 2002 barley crop year report

January-February 2003 download PDF - 311 kb

• One phone call, one shipment
• About those hulls...
• Special "Centerfold Pinup" Edition
• Quality control procedures at Briess

November-December 2002 download PDF - 449 kb

• High temp kilned malts contribute pronounced malty flavors
• Season's greetings never tasted better
• We make seven types of high temp kilned malt
• Celebrating customer service week
• Holiday shipping schedule announced
• Compensating for high pH in the final runnings

September-October 2002 download PDF - 460 kb

• Brewing great barleywine is easier with Briess malts
• Brad Rush joins the Briess technical team
• You're invited to our hospitality in Austin, Texas
• We're sponsoring the GABF Brewer's Gathering
• CBW^® can boost gravity, propagate yeast, add color, etc.
• Roasted versus kilned caramel malts

July-August 2002 download PDF - 347 kb

• Briess welcome Gordon Lane as President/COO
• Our new CBW^® Pilsen Light extract is extra light
• More time for fishin'
• Munich Malt: Not just for Oktoberfest beer anymore
• Celebrate! July is American Beer Month
• Roasted caramel malts offer varying degrees of color, flavor
• A Malt a Month
• Take time to review your malt handling procedures

May-June 2002 download PDF - 403 kb

• Briess organic malts are certified organic
• How do the malted milk balls get inside those little bags?
• Mural portrays brewer, friends & Briess
• Summer beers need great base malts
• A Malt a Month
• Expect different results when milling different base malts

March-April 2002 download PDF - 828 kb

• New extract plant unveiled in Chilton
• Briess Pilsen & Wheat Malts
• We're sponsoring the CBC Welcoming Reception
• Yet another use for Briess malted milk ball bags...
• MBAA poster investigates the flavor of specialty malts
• Congratulations to Real Ale Festival award winners
• We make roasted and special processed malts
• A Malt a Month
• Pure malt extracts have many applications

January-February 2002 download PDF - 835 kb

• Try barley hulls in place of rice hulls
• Try our new malts
• Briess Pilsen Malt scores high with these brewers
• Brewin' stories from GABF medal winners
• See you in Cleveland
• A Malt a Month
• Ensuring food safety remains a priority

November-December 2001 download PDF - 837 kb

• Introducing four new Briess malts
• Briess donates rice to feed workers at Ground Zero
• Congratulations GABF medal winners
• Holiday shipping schedule set
• Briess company president honored by Army Reserve
• You can count on Briess for availability, selection, consistency
• Share your new Briess malt beer at IBS 2002
• A Malt a Month
• 2001 barley crop report

September-October 2001 download PDF - 876 kb

• 'We will stay focused on our customer'
• New pilot brewery enhances quality control, R&D and training
• Extra Special gives prune-like, raisiny, roasty notes
• Meet Traci, our new customer service rep
• We make our own flakes and torrified grains, too
• A Malt a Month
• Briess base malts available in three grinds

July-August 2001 download PDF - 891 kb

• Selection, consistency, availability remain key commitments
• New Pilsen Malt gives a bright, clear runoff
• Bob Hansen joins the Briess team as staff brewer
• Use Victory^® Malt for toasty, nutty notes
• Our Red Wheat Malt makes a sparkling kristal weizen beer
• Good luck to brewers promoting their American-made beers
• Saying goodbye to Roger Briess
• Memorials for Roger Briess
• A Malt a Month
• 21-pound bags of rice hulls now available

May-June 2001 download PDF - 865 kb

• Saddened at our loss; Roger Briess dies unexpectedly
• Memorial service scheduled for May 19
• Roasted Barley, Black Barley contribute unique characteristics
• Price increase implemented on May 1
• We'll supply the tabletents, you supply the beer
• Beer museum to display
• A Malt a Month
• One phone call can fill all your grain needs

March-April 2001 download PDF - 823 kb

• Briess Hospitality set for April 3 at McMenamin's Edgefield
• Brewers share their Brewin' with Pilsen' experience
• Our organics are OCIA certified
• Last round of GABF medal winning beer stories
• Briess Pilsen Malt gets the nod on color, flavor and yield
• This scarecrow is one 'malty' character
• A Malt a Month
• The advantages of using natural malt colorants

January-February 2001 download PDF - 907 kb

• New! Briess Pilsen Malt
• The party's in Portland
• Pelican Pub & Brewery had a very good year; GABF stories
• Need bulk malt? Call for quotes, details
• A Malt a Month
• Choose how you place your order

November-December 2000 download PDF - 923 kb

• What's the difference between red and white wheat malts?
• Plan ahead for winter, holiday malt shipments
• Here's one creative use for a Briess cloth bag
• Briess holiday shipping schedule
• South Carolina brewer is malted milk ball contest winner
• Congratulations to all 2000 GABF winners!
• BrewPub of Year
• A Malt a Month
• Want one less variable in the brewhouse?

September-October 2000 download PDF - 849 kb

• You'll know it's Briess by the registered trademark
• Son catches dad 'Brewin' With Briess'
• Aromatic beers benefit from Briess Victory ^® Malt
• Carapils^®...by any other name it's not Carapils^®
• Rolling out the barrel(s) in Madison, Wisconsin
• A Malt a Month
• Cold water extraction eliminates tannins

July-August 2000 download PDF - 796 kb

• Six reasons to brew organic
• See you in Orlando; Portland, Maine
• Call for a copy of our new product info binder
• This is one 'malt-i-talented' brewer
• Malting continued despite hailstorm
• Five warehouse locations can save you money
• Display bags available for beer fests, etc.
• A Malt a Month
• 2000 barley crop is ahead of schedule

May-June 2000 download PDF - 806 kb

• Dark Chocolate Malt is unique malt
• These tabletents promote American Beer Month
• Thanks for visiting us during the CBC in Milwaukee
• Taken by surprise...
• More CBC fun
• 6-Row light beer? Brilliant!
• A Malt a Month
• COA's tell a 'lot' about the malt you use

March-April 2000 download PDF - 910 kb

• We're up to something fun in Milwaukee
• GABF stories to warm your wort
• American Beer Month is for all styles of beer
• Wis. Gov. Thompson recognizes Chilton Malting Division
• A Malt a Month
• Flakes: Handle and store with care

January-February 2000 download PDF - 931 kb

• A visit to the unique, specialized Briess malthouses
• GABF winners share some great beer stories
• Now's the time to brew barleywine
• And the doppelbock recipe is...
• A Malt a Month

November-December 1999 download PDF - 908 kb

• Two Briess malting facilities mean available, dependable malts
• Plan ahead for malt shipments
• Just how much is a year's supply of malted milk balls?
• Hey Jim, how's that doppelbock coming along?
• Congratulations, Russian River Brewing Company
• A Malt a Month
• Classifying dark roasted products

September-October 1999 download PDF - 864 kb

• There's something 'extra special' about our new malt
• Welcome to Chicago, site of 1999 BrewPub Conference
• GABF Bound? Visit us in the Brewers Hospitality
• Payment now accepted via e-mail
• Hot, dry summer takes toll on 1999 barley crop
• Grrreeat taste in the Midwest
• Briess 2-Row product line grows
• A Malt a Month
• CBW^® - Real food for your yeast

Summer 1999 download PDF - 880 kb

• On-site labs and rigorous testing
• Technology enhances tried 'n' true lab tests
• Milwaukee chosen as site for 2000 Craft Brewers Conference
• What's happening at Briess...
• Briess improves COA
• Briess hospitality in both the Windy City and Mile High City
• A Malt a Month
• Rice hulls can cure the stuck run-off blues

Spring 1999 download PDF - 875 kb

• All-malt light beer? Yes!
• Briess hospitality will kick off 'Phoenix Rising' on April 27
• World Beer cup stories
• Milwaukee in 2000...mark your calendars
• Of 157 medal winners, 80 are Briess customers
• A Malt a Month
• For variety, homebrew with CBW^®

Winter 1998 download PDF - 901 kb

• Briess brewers win big at GABF
• Avoid wintery delays...order early
• Recyclable? Yes!
• VISA, MasterCard both spoken here
• A Malt a Month
• Try CBW^® for yeast propagation

Fall 1998 download PDF - 901 kb

• Chocolate: It's not just for malted milk balls anymore
• Stop by our booth
• Plan ahead to avoid shipping delays
• Giving it the gold old Briess 'schythe'
• Brewed in our back yard
• Preparing for the year 2,000
• Briess briefs
• A Malt a Month
• Higher quality marks barley harvest

Summer 1998 download PDF - 916 kb

• Red, wheat 'n' brew
• Briess red wheat malt favored by these two
• From breakfast to beer fest
• Southern hospitality...Briess style
• The 'fax' on faster shipments
• Briess briefs
• A Malt a Month
• Maximize your profits with mini bags

Spring 1998 download PDF - 204 kb

• Carapils^®...the secret's out!
• Atlanta bound
• See you at...shows and festivals we'll be attending
• Happenings at Briess

January-February 1998 download PDF - 223 kb

• Bring on the bock!
• Blessed be bock
• FAQ Facts
• Happenings at Briess

November-December 1997 download PDF - 216 kb

• Now even more 2-Row Specialty Malt choices
• FAQ Facts
• Happenings at Briess

September-October 1997 download PDF - 216 kb

• Forget the eggnog...
• Crop report
• FAQ Facts
• Happenings at Briess

July-August 1997 download PDF - 238 kb

• Organically correct
• Oktoberfest
• FAQ Facts
• Happenings at Briess

May-June 1997 download PDF - 222 kb

• Wheat in the world?
• We're still flaking out
• Sorry we missed you...
• FAQ Facts
• Happenings at Briess

January-February 1997 download PDF - 170 kb

• Briess Malting Company is Seattle bound!
• Visit Briess at Booth #609

November-December 1996 download PDF - 250 kb

• You asked for it...and you got it!
• Have your malt and brew it too
• FAQ Facts
• Gabbin' with Gruber

September-October 1996 download PDF - 252 kb

• Domestically produced Pale Ale Malt now availble
• Hey, what's on my desk?
• FAQ Facts
• Gabbin' with Gruber

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