Opinions on Murphy & Rude Malting

[corncob]

https://www.murphyrudemalting.com

I heard about them here. Apparently they built out a web store and a brick and mortar specifically to cater to homebrewers.

There was a thread recently about domestic/local ingredients. I've been very interested in the craft malt scene, but it seems like it's hard to find a maltster selling to homebrewers. Anybody have any experience with them?

 

[mac_1103]

They are local to me and I've used some of their malts. Happy with the results so far, but it's only been two or three batches and I certainly haven't tried everything. They started out having an exclusive with my LHBS and that came with a pretty hefty markup, but now that I can just go to their own store the prices are very competitive with anything I can get online. I also believe that they source their grain from Virginia farms, and I kinda like the idea of having some regional terroir in my brews. Whether anybody can actually taste that is another matter.