LEARN MORE ABOUT EXCELSIOR GOLD

Cornell University released Excelsior Gold in December 2020, ahead of the 2021 planting season. As a spring malting barley, Excelsior Gold will have higher protein than its winter stepsister and easier to malt. Some think that spring malting barley is more desirable in the brewhouse.

THE PROBLEM

However, spring varieties are more difficult to grow as they are susceptible to fungal diseases and pre-sprouting – a term used for when barley begins to malt in the field rendering it useless in the malthouse. As a result, spring varieties have created significant crop losses across New York State, which have presented challenges when meeting the 2012 Farm Brewing Law ingredient standards.

LEARN MORE ABOUT EXCELSIOR GOLD

Cornell University bred Excelsior Gold to be disease and pre-sprout resistant so that brewers could reliably contract for New York grown malt. Farmers have a higher probability of a successful crop that yields higher overall profitability than feed grade barley. This test plot of Excelsior Gold will give us the information we need, from ground-to-glass, to evaluate the commercial viability as a spring malting barley option for Dancing Grain Farm Brewery!