UK: Malting Barley Committee announces barley varieties approved for brewing, malting, distilling in 2012

The UK Malting Barley Committee has held its Autumn 2011 meeting to discuss the progress of new varieties within the testing system.

The outcome was the removal of Forensic for grain distilling.

The updated IBD Approved List for 2012, incorporating the changes described above, is as follows:

Brewing use
Winter varieties with full approval: Pearl, Flagon, Cassata, Winsome
Spring varieties with full approval: Optic, NFC Tipple, Quench, Concerto, Propino
Spring varieties with provisional approval 1: Shuffle, Moonshine

Malt distilling use
Winter varieties with full approval: none
Spring varieties with full approval: Optic, Oxbridge, Belgravia, Concerto
Spring varieties with provisional approval 1: Shuffle, Moonshine

Grain distilling use
Winter varieties with full approval: none
Spring varieties with full approval: Belgravia

16 November, 2011