Press Release:

(Tygh Valley, OR) – The harvest season is over at the Rogue Farms Micro Barley Farm. Tests of Rogue’s GYO Certified Risk™ and Dare™ malting barley show the kernels met specifications for plump, protein and moisture.

Rogue plows, plants, grows and harvests 200 acres of Risk™ and Dare™ barley on its Micro Barley Farm in the terroir of Oregon’s Tygh Valley Appellation. Preparations are underway to seed next year’s winter malting barley crop.

But the harvest is just the beginning of the artisan, hands-on process of growing beer and spirits.

From the farm, the barley is bagged and divided into batches, some of which go to Rogue’s Micro Malting and Floor Malting facilities. Steeping, germinating, drying and roasting in small batches allows Rogue to ensure the quality, variety, roast and flavor of its micro and floor malts.

At the Rogue Brewery and Distillery in Newport, Oregon the Rogue Farms Risk™ Malt is milled, smoked, mashed and used to brew two unique products; Chatoe Rogue Good Chit Pilsner and Good Chit Whiskey, which is distilled, smithed, ocean aged and bottled by hand.

“Chit” refers to the start of the rootlets that emerge from the embryo of the kernel once steeping is complete and germination begins.

Located along the Oregon Trail – the Tygh Valley terroir includes 300 days of sunshine, cool winters, warm summers and fresh water from wilderness mountain streams. This virtually guarantees the Micro Barley Farm gets the right amount of sun, nutrients and moisture to produce world class crops of malting barley.