Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 6056 BREWING & BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES BUSINESS At the AD and Biogas Industry Awards ceremony this month, Muntons Stowmarket won the award for the ‘Best food and drink industry AD project.’ This was a highly contested category for UK food and drink companies sponsored by HRS Heat Exchangers. The annual Industry awards event was held at the Vox conference centre, Birmingham. Dr Nigel Davies, Muntons Manufacturing and Sustainability Director, collected the award on behalf of the company and was accompanied by Ryland Cairns, Lawrence Howes, Paul Mead and Phil Jacobs, members of the Muntons team who manage and run the AD plant on a day-to-day basis. The awards ceremony is a major event on the AD calendar. This year the mood was uplifting, as was the lighting for the event which threw a wonderful purple hew on the assembled guests. Nigel Davies said: “To win this award means a great deal to us. Our site services manager, Mick Cochrane was the driving force behind our AD project but sadly he passed away just before the project was completed. His legacy is the Muntons AD plant, which now generates 13% of our Stowmarket plant electricity, has enabled us to significantly reduce waste tanker movements and more importantly provides us with a biofertiliser which we can offer back to the farmer to enrich the soil on which our raw material, malting barley, is grown.” Winning the award for ‘Best Food and Drink Industry AD project’ reinforces Muntons commitment to Practical Sustainability, as they have coined it, providing reassurance that they at the forefront of the food and drink industries with their environmental investments. www.muntons.com For more information visit: Muntons AD award win Crisp baton handed on When Euan Macpherson joined Crisp Malting Group in 1987, the company was making 120,000 tonnes of malt a year. During his tenure, production has more than trebled to an annual output of 430,000 tonnes: 5% of EU output. This means that Euan has overseen the production of enough malt to make over 64 billion pints of beer, enough to give every person in the UK 1,000 pints each. Euan is retiring following a lifetime career in brewing, distilling and malting. Adrian Dyter, previously from Boortmalt and Carlsberg, has been shadowing Euan for a short period, and has now fully taken over as Crisp Malting’s managing director. “At a time when craft brewing and distilling are expanding so rapidly and when interest in ingredients is growing so fast, this is a fantastic company to be joining,” says Adrian. “Quality and customer service are already at the top of Crisp’s agenda. There’s a lot of innovation going on and the team has some of the best technical expertise in the industry. “All this means the company is well- positioned to accommodate demands from the growing craft beer and whisky sectors in the UK and across the world. The leadership may have changed, but the focus on fantastic local ingredients, and service which is second to none, hasn’t. I’ll be ensuring that we’re responding to the markets and listening to our customers. Hopefully they can join me in raising a glass – or a thousand – to that!” Ingredients A trio of lunch parties On the 7th – 9th June Warminster Maltings hosted three consecutive lunch parties all arranged by special invitation. A marquee was erected in the garden for these events, and hospitality included 6 cask ales supplied by customers of Warminster Malt. Day 1 welcomed a party of 33 farmers from north Norfolk, on a four day tour of farms and related businesses across the southern counties. Day 2 entertained a History Group from Hampshire, and Day 3 catered for Brewers and Distillers from across the country, all visiting the maltings for the very first time. Comments from all, afterwards, ranged from “we did not realise just how special is the process of ‘floor made’ malt” to “a truly magical place!” And the 6 casks of ale were all gratifyingly drained! www.warminster-malt.co.uk For more information visit: www.crispmalt.co For more information visit: Euan Macpherson (left) with Adrian Dyter outside the Gt. Ryburgh maltings 56_Layout 1 28/07/2016 11:47 Page 1