This video in which Summit Brewing founder Mark Stutrud talks about the Moravian 37 barley his cousins Jim and Todd grow for the brewery isn’t overproduced and gets right to the point.
“This family homestead, in its fourth generation, produces some of the best barley in the country,” Studrud said. “We’re proud that they are committed to providing Moravian 37 barley specifically for our Pilsener.”
At 4.8 per abv and moderately hopped (Vanguard and Saaz, 25 IBU) Summit Pilsener nicely showcases the malted barley.
To me, the Summit Brewery is to micros what regionals used to be in the days before the micro boom. It’s not readily available in all stores and taverns, but when you find it you know it’s going to be a treat!
They’ll be doing over 100k bbls this year so it is about. 🙂 Here in MN i can’t remember a place I went into that didn’t have it on tap. Mark is hilarious to boot.
Kristen, you reinforce my “regional” analogy even more. To clarify, I’m in Northern Illinois, about 1/2 way between Milwaukee & Chicago. Our distros here in Illinois don’t seem terribly interested in keeping Summit on the shelves, unfortunately. I got my hands on some Maibock this year, but didn’t see any Oktoberfest last year.