Craft Brewing with John Mallett – BeerSmith Podcast #342

This week John Mallett from Bell’s Brewery joins me to discuss his new role as Course Directory of the MBAA, his 30+ year brewing career, malts, and craft brewing.

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Topics in This Week’s Episode (41:21)

This week I welcome back John Mallett. John is a former VP and Director of Operations at Bell’s Brewery. He also recently took a new role as Course Director at the MBAA. John is the author of the book “Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse” from Brewer’s Publications.
We start with a brief discussion of John’s hobbies Skiing and Sailing and how they are related to his brewing.
John talks about his new role as Course Director for the MBAA and he shares some of their courses and where you can learn more.
We spend some time discussing John’s long career in brewing which spans some 38 years including the early days in Craft beer.
I focus on his time at Bell’s Brewery and we talk about some of the unique offerings from Bell’s as well as some of the things John learned working there.
John talks about his malt book, how malting has changed and the key role malts plan in brewing beer in spite of the recent focus on hops and IPAs.
We discuss Craft beer on the global stage and how it is rapidly evolving outside of the US.
John shares his thoughts on the recent Craft beer decline as well as the longer slump in home brewing.
He gives us his thoughts on Pilsners and lower alcohol beers, both of which have been growing in the Craft market.
John gives us his closing thoughts.