The Craft Malsters Guild has announced that registration is now open for the 2025 Malt Cup, the 7th annual celebration of excellence in craft malting. The Craft Maltsters Guild established the Malt Cup in 2019 as an industry standard for malthouses of all sizes around the world and is the only malt competition in the world.
Registration is open until September 20th.
Winning malts in the competition are awarded a Gold, Silver and Bronze) medal in each category.
As part of the competition, all participants receive a full report of Certificates of Analyses (COAs) for each entry and a sensory feedback report (for malts passing the scrutiny of the analytical round).
Entries which advance are sent around the country to judge panels made up of industry professionals, including maltsters, brewers, distillers, researchers, journalists, and Cicerones. The Malt Cup partners with the Beer Judge Certification Program to source high quality judges for the competition.
For details on registration and other ways to participate, visit the web site here.