There's a new Texas malthouse in Leander, TX. They say they're the only maltster in Texas, and I haven't heard of any others. A few of Texas craft brewers have started using them. It doesn't appear that anyone is using only Blacklands, but they're brewing one-offs (I'm guessing to test the quality and character). I hope the quality is good.
Jester King had a blog post about Blacklands on 9 December 2013. http://jesterkingbrewery.com/first-delivery-of-texas-malt-from-blacklands
We've been using Blacklands as the base malt (barley and wheat) for almost all our beer for the last several months. We also used Texas grown raw wheat from Blacklands for all of our spontaneously fermented beer this past winter. - Jeff
Ive emailed with Brandon before asking about their product as well as process and he was extremely helpful. Seemed like a super cool guy. The only reason I haven't brewed with their malt yet was that I regrettably haven't been able to swing by to buy some. Heres the link to their website and a few interviews: http://www.blacklandsmalt.com/ https://www.facebook.com/blacklandsmalt http://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2014-01-24/kernel-to-cup/ http://accidentalis.com/archives/487
Call first before going by to make sure he's around. Number is on the website. The grain isn't cheap but it is local, (1 mile away from me) so its convenient, and I have been getting better efficiency with his malt, along with a lot of other brewers around town.
Hey folks, I got around to signing up on BA and ran across this thread. For anyone still not in the know, I am the only malthouse in Texas making local malts, and sell malt direct to homebrewers out of the malthouse. Check out what we do here: www.blacklandsmalt.com/malts Shoot me an email or call if you want to stop by! We have Pale Moon, Red Winter Wheat, and Black Coal Smoked malts in stock right now. Cheers!
