Sunrise over a WY barley field
Join us in Wyoming at our 3rd annual Bighorn Barley Tour July 10 and 11! We’ll kick things off with a fun evening at the Silver Dollar Saloon in downtown Cody, WY, on Tuesday July 9 before touring the Buffalo Bill Dam–part of the Shoshone Irrigation Project … [More]
Just as Rick Redd, Regional Manager of the Briess Wyoming Barley Operations, predicted, by mid-March the growers were in the fields prepping the ground and planting seeds before the end of April. February snowfall had set the planting season back by about three weeks, but this has not disrupted… [More]
As if being in the malting and craft beer business weren’t exciting enough, five years ago the Briess family made a major move to become a Seed to Specialty business, to take complete control of its barley supply chain and … [More]
The 2017 barley harvest and numbers are in, and we are pleased to report above-average yield in our Wyoming Bighorn Basin and Southern Montana growing areas. Regional manager for our WY Barley OP’s Rick Redd notes “we have had a phenomenal crop with above-average yields and acceptance … [More]
July 12-13, we hosted our first annual “Briess Bighorn Barley Tour” in the heart of barley country. This two day event gave 15 brewers from across the country an intimate look at Briess’ barley operations in Wyoming. Briess works with more than 300 barley growers in Wyoming and Southern … [More]
