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Matt Cunningham from Rustic Brew Farms in Marysville, Ohio joins us to talk about the malting process. A fourth generation farmer, Matt got into the malting business in 2014 as a way to diversify the crops grown on the family farm. He discusses his journey from malting barley from hand transferring the malts in 5 gallon buckets to his current set up with two rotating drums that process malts one ton at a time. Along the way we get into details of the malting process, agronomics, European vs North American strains of barley, the challenges of running a small business, Czech Tmaves and Metallica.