Send us Fan MailIn this episode you'll learn how farmers, malsters, brewers and distillers are finding new inspiration and flavours from crops that had previously died out.Will and Foxy talk to Alison Milne, a 6th generation farmer and maltster from Scotland who has created her own family malting business, Crafty Maltsers. Ali has taken on the challenge of growing and malting heritage varieties of barley for brewing and distilling because it offers a chance to differentiate from products that are created with only efficiency in mind as novel flavours and characteristics are revealed. To best explain how those flavours and characteristics come through, Simon Thompson and his team from Dornoch Distillery join us and reveal exactly why it's worth all the effort.For our Desert Island Drink we speak to Christine Parkinson of the Alcohol Free Sommelier podcast about the state of alcohol free wine and how the best options are not necessarily alcohol free wines(?!)Plus we talk rugby, pints and Foxy makes the worst joke of his tenure so far...Support the showFor more high-lights and low-downs follow @BizBevPod on "X" or LinkedInBusiness of Beverages is self-funded and hosted/ edited/produced by Will Keating.Pádraig Fox co-hosts in a strictly personal capacity.All opinions are those of the person expressing them at all times. We're not sponsored but we would appreciate it if you could click the link above to support the show and help keep us ad free.

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