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Vertical Malt is Taking Off! Adam Wagner Explains the Business of Malting Barley

KAXE | By Maggie Montgomery
Published December 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM CST
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Beer with Vertical Malt
Adam Wagner
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Fisher Minnesota
Adam Wagner
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Malt system
Adam Wagner

Vertical Maltis a craft malting company located in theRed River Valleyin the Crookston area near Fisher MN. They offer a range of malt products including roasted, toasted, and smoked malts made from barley grown on their family farm. Their customers use the malt to brew craft beer.

The Wagner homestead was established in the late 1800s by Julius Wagner. A couple years ago Julius' great-great grandson Adam Wagner, and his father Tim, started a new business together called Vertical Malt. The business uses barley grown on the family farm to supply craft brewers around Minnesota.

In the interview below, Adam explains how he became interested in malting and how Vertical Malt has grown.
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Maggie Montgomery
Maggie is a rural public radio guru; someone who can get you through both minor jams and near catastrophes and still come out ahead of the game. She pens our grants, reports to the Board of Directors and helps guide our station into the dawn of a new era. Maggie is a locavore to the max (as evidenced on Wednesday mornings), brings in months’ worth of kale each fall, has heat on in her office 12 months a year, and drinks coffee out of a plastic 1987 KAXE mug every day. Doting parents and grandparents, she and her husband Dennis live in the asphalt jungle of East Nary.
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