Warminster Maltings

[marzipan71]

Thought those of you interested in the malting process, and in particular Warminster Maltings and their traditional floor-malting process, might like to know there's a UK TV show called 'Great British Railway Journeys' where the host visits Warminster Maltings.

You can watch it here on YouTube...the section at Warminster begins around 22.00m in.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OI32TDMreE[/ame]

'Waminster make special craft malt from Britain's oldest working floor-malting facility. Still made by hand using many of the same methods as they were 200 years ago, Warminster's Maris Otter is a complex and bready malt. Use in any British style and many American styles for unparalleled depth of flavor.'

 

[Pappers_]

Thanks!

 

[TheCanisDirus]

VERY cool... thanks!

 

[Pappers_]

Got to watch this now and really liked it - I'm going to watch other episodes in the series. The section on the Warminster malting was fun, too.

 

[WhiskeySix]

Very cool. I use their malt.


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[marzipan71]

Hi Guys - glad you all liked it. There are 5 series of the Great British Railway Journeys. He frequently visits pubs and breweries (e.g., in Cockermouth in Series 3, Episode 18; Burton in Series 1, Episode 17). There's a list of all the episodes on Wikipedia, if you look under the show's title. He also did a couple of series of Great Continental Railway Journeys around Europe and he visits a few breweries during those as well! The user 'Tamar Scott' on YouTube seems to have all the series available, or just search for them. Maybe I should catalogue all the brewery/ pub visits and publish the list...

 

[marzipan71]

Just a footnote - there was an interesting feature on the history of hop growing in Kent in the episode below which was broadcast recently. The feature is from 2m 54s to 10m 5s or so. Sad to hear that this hop farm no longer grows hops for brewing but solely for decoration - what a waste!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvMVI0lDJ74&index=17&list=PLe9OS0jiMKcJwkAoOLdi0wc6wU7FprglY[/ame]

 

[marzipan71]

And another of these - visit to Burton on Trent...starts at 18m 14s until pretty much the end of the show:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcFVkfMKkQ4[/ame]

 

[marzipan71]

Apologies for the missing videos - looks like the BBC are policing YouTube these days! I tried to find alternative links but no joy! Sorry!