Experts from Heriot-Watt University are experimenting with eight heritage barley varieties, including a 200-year-old crop, to discover whether ‘distinctive’ new whiskies could be created for Holyrood Distillery. The researchers from the university’s International Centre for Brewing and Distilling (ICBD) are working with Holyrood Distillery in Edinburgh to find out whether old species of barley could produce new whiskies. Over the
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Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced an investment of over $960,000 for the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) to expand and develop new markets for Canadian barley and barley products. With this funding, through the AgriMarketing Program, CMBTC will undertake marketing and promotional initiatives in major export markets and prospective countries. It will also provide technical services to optimize
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This could affect domestic beer companies, which are already reeling under high costs of packaging material The escalating strife between Ukraine and Russia is expected to impact barley prices and this could affect domestic beer companies, which are already reeling under high costs of packaging material. A United Breweries spokesperson told BusinessLine that the current crisis could lead to inflation pressures and
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