CMBTC announce recommended malting barley varieties for 2021-2022

This past November, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) announced their list of recommended malting barley varieties for the 2021-22 marketing year. This highly anticipated industry release identifies barley varieties that hold the most promise for producers in terms of selection and marketability based on current acceptance in the market.

This year’s list includes three well-established varieties, CDC Copeland, AC Metcalfe and AAC Synergy in addition to three up-and-coming varieties, AAC Connect, CDC Bow and CDC Fraser that showcase excellent malting and brewing properties in addition to improved disease resistance. All of these varieties are two-row.

In addition, there are a number of other varieties that are contracted by specific companies in the industry including two-row varieties Newdale, Bentley, PlatinumStar, Lowe and Cerveza, as well as six-row varieties Tradition, Celebration and Legacy.

The CMBTC is no stranger to conducting applied malting and brewing research. All varieties included on the annual list of recommended varieties have been pilot tested by the CMBTC.

In addition to the list of recommended varieties to producers for the upcoming year, the CMBTC also includes a list of varieties in development that might soon make the cut as recommendations. Included in the list of varieties in development are: CDC Churchill, CDC Copper, and AB BrewNet.

Each of these newly registered varieties are in varying stages of seed propagation and commercial testing by the industry.

The CMBTC advises producers to talk to their local elevators, malting companies or grain buyers before making final decisions on which varieties to grow in their region.

View the CMBTC 2021-22 Recommended Malting Barley Varieties list at cmbtc.com.