Dr Axel Goehler, the CEO of Bestmalz joins me this week to discuss malts and Craft brewing.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (44:46)
- This week I welcome Dr Axel Goehler, the CEO of Bestmalz. Bestmalz is one of the largest malt houses in Germany where the produce a broad range of malts for beer brewing.
- We start with a discussion of Axel’s background in business and also his re-entry into the family business of malting.
- We talk about the expansion of Bestmalz he has overseen into some 85 countries worldwide, as well as some of the challenges they faced entering new markets.
- Axel explains some of the new innovations they have brought to malting in Germany starting with their air-stream technology which can reduce tannins in beer.
- We talk about how Bestmalz is different from other malt houses.
- Axel talks about their efforts to get heirloom barley grown and how they have been able to introduce some new barley varieties.
- We discuss the challenges in bringing a new or old barley variety to production.
- He talks about the Craft beer market and some of the challenges from COVID and now the ongoing energy crisis in Europe.
- We discuss how Bestmalz is adapting to these challenges.
- We finish with a discussion of the family nature of his business which was founded by his Grandfather some 120 years ago.
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Thanks to Axel Goehler for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!
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