Miscellaneous Musings: CO Kitchen Brew Goes Local

I'm happy to report that I finally found a local homebrew shop that sells the full line of malts from Colorado Malting Company.

Boulder Fermentation Supply is my new home for these great local grains. Since they only recently opened up, this is my way of giving them a quick shout-out. I love supporting local businesses, and now I can support two of them at once (three, if you count the fact that BFS shares its space with a bike repair shop). From here on out, you'll see a lot of Colorado grains showing up in my brews.

Several of the CMC grains are quite unique. So much so, that their catalog has thrown my 2014 brewing plans a curve. It's led me to amend a 2014 brewing calendar that was drawn up months in advance (I'm a little OCD. Just ask my fiance.).

With malted Amaranth, Red Proso Millet (in base, crystal and chocolate, no less), Teff, Sunflower and Buckwheat on the menu, in addition to Cottonwood Smoked Malt, I'm officially open to recipe suggestions. Any ideas as to what to use all these in? I'm open to all of them! Please drop me suggestions via this blog or @cokitchenbrew on Twitter.

Until next time, happy brewing.

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