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Welcome to Root Shoot

We believe farmers are stewards of the land — taking responsibility for the soil, nourishing our communities, and proving that there is a better way to do agriculture. We value fresh water, local food, craft beverages (a lot), mountain views, thriving wildlife, and a healthy economy. It’s an honor and privilege to do what we do and every day we celebrate those who support us from the craft brewers and spirits purveyors to the land stewards, and fermented beverage consumers far and wide.

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FARM + FAMILY

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SOWN. GROWN. MALTED.

Farming

It’s in the heart and soul of all we do.

Water

Representing the steeping process and the importance of water in agriculture.

Germination + Growth

Representing the sprouting of the grain after steeping and the growth of all we produce on the farm

Drying + Kilning

We dry the grains in the fields before harvest and we kiln our malt after germination.

FROM OUR GRAIN TO YOUR GLASS

section about why you grow barley, awards won, connection to breweries...

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AROMA & FL AVOR

BUCK ‘NAKED’ CHOCOLATE

Bold and complex with deep roasted flavors. A Colorado Malt collaboration, grown and malted by Root Shoot Malting and roasted by Troubadour Maltings. Contributes rich notes of chocolate, coffee, and toasted bread. ʻNakedʼ barley refers to a variety where the hull naturally separates from the grain during harvest. Lacking a husk, Buck eliminates tannin contribution and harsh acrid flavors, resulting in a smoother, cleaner finish. Malted from Buck variety 6-row winter barley.

COCOA DUST AND COFFEE NOTES ROUND OUT INTO DEEP TOFFEE ON THE PALATE

ADDS LIGHT BODY AND MOUTHFEEL IN HIGHER GRIST RATIOS. VERY SOFT IN LOW GRIST RATIOS FOR COLOR & ACCENT

BUCK ‘NAKED’ PILSNER

Clean and powerful, this Colorado-grown naked barley showcases the pure expression of the grain. With the hull naturally separating at harvest, it offers a smooth, tannin-free character. High in extract and low in protein, it provides excellent brewhouse efficiency. Ideal for distillers using on-grain fermentation for Single Malt or any spirit that would benefit from reduced tannin as well as lagers, Kölsch or pale ales. Due to the lack of husk, it may lead to poor lauter filtration; we recommend avoiding high grist percentages without the use of rice hulls. Malted from Buck variety 6-row winter barley.

MOUTHFEEL

USAGE

WEET

LIGHT BODIED, SWEET & CLEAN

UP TO 100% ACROSS ALL BEER STYLES

CARA RUBY

Provides a distinct ruby color when steeped. Lends body to any craft beer due to some unfermentables. Floral aroma and earthy, walnut-like flavors of light caramel, and roasty strawberry cereal. Malted from Genie variety 2-row spring barley.

AROMA & FL AVOR USAGE

LIGHT CARAMEL, EARTHY, ROASTY STRAWBERRY

GRIST RATIOS UP TO 20%, WHILE HIGHER RATIOS ARE MORE ASSERTIVE IN THEIR FLAVOR CONTRIBUTION. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE AT 100% GRIST, RATHER AS A FLAVOR CONTRIBUTOR.

ANALYSIS

AROMA & FLAVOR

CHIT MALT

Barely malted malted barley. Green, grainy & raw grass. Minimal flavor impact and meant to enhance body, head retention and haze stability through higher starch content and higher total protein.

RAW & EARTHY. GRAINY

MOUTHFEEL FULL BODIED

USAGE

UP TO 10% TO ADD BODY AND INCREASE HEAD AND HAZE RETENTION.

ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS

Moisture %

DISTILLERS MALT

High diastatic power and low kiln temperatures. Enzymatic malt best used for distilling. Malted from Odyssey variety 2-row spring barley, which is a non-GN producing barley variety.

ENGLISH PALE ALE

Root Shootʼs version of a Maris Otter or Golden Promise base malt. Biscuity, nutty, and a touch of saltine cracker. Light roast flavor with a slightly darker color that creates a dry, clean beer. Balances well with a hop bitterness for crafting IPAs or English-style beer. Malted from Genie variety 2-row spring barley.

AROMA & FL AVOR

MOUTHFEEL

USAGE

MORE CRACKER THAN BREADY

MEDIUM BODY, MOUTHWATERING

HIGHLIGHTS

GENIE PILSNER

Light, clean, traditional, crisp malt. Straw-forward with bready undertones. Excellent base malt for traditional German Lagers, Clear and Hazy IPAs, Belgians or where color is desired. Extremely versatile for any style. Malted from Genie variety 2-row spring barley.

AROMA & FL AVOR

MOUTHFEEL USAGE

NOTES OF HAY, GRAINY, SWEET

LIGHT BODIED, SWEET & CLEAN

AROMA & FL AVOR

HONEY MALT

Grapefruit tart sweetness, finishing with a bread crust flavor, and pretzel aroma. Reminiscent of honeycomb. Lower PH, resulting in a slightly acidic, raisin finish without being overly roasty or astringent. Very distinct malting process places Honey Malt most closely in a family with melanoidin malt. Malted from Genie variety 2-row spring barley.

SWEET, TART, TOASTY, AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE GRAIN FOR ADDED COMPLEXITY

GRIST RATIOS UP TO 20% ADD CHARACTERISTIC HONEYED SWEETNESS WHILE HIGHER RATIOS ARE MORE ASSERTIVE IN THEIR FLAVOR CONTRIBUTION. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE AT 100% GRIST, RATHER AS A FLAVOR CONTRIBUTOR.

LIGHT MUNICH 4 BASE MALT

Lightly toasted and mildly sweet flavor with a golden color. An excellent base malt for a variety of beer styles. A robust malt with rich flavor and strong enzymatic power, ideal for distillers crafting bourbon with depth and character.

AROMA & FL AVOR

MOUTHFEEL USAGE

HONEY SWEET, MALT COMPLEXITY, A TOUCH BREADY

LENDS GOOD MALT BODY WHILE STILL FERMENTING TO DRYNESS

LIGHTNING PILSNER MALT

Earthy and light. Traditional Pilsner malt flavor profile.Versatile for many beer styles as a base malt. Malted from Lightning 2-row winter barley variety. Winter barley furthers out commitment to regenerative farming practices.

ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS

MALTED

Sweet, smooth and flavorful with a pale straw hue. Enhances fermentability while adding a clea, slightly sweet backbone. Ideal for North American and Mexican-style lagers, pre-Prohibition lagers, cream ales, Bourbon and Whiskey. Malted for improved conversation and flavor development. Fully available for extract, making it an eddicient and versitile ingredient in any brew. Malted from non-GMO Yellow Dent corn.

UP TO 30% GRIST IN MEXICAN AND PRE-PROHIBITIONLAGERS, CREAM ALES, AND BOURBON.

AROMA & FL AVOR

MOUTHFEEL

MALTED OATS

Significant body, mouthfeel, and a slight grainy character. Perfect for Stout, Porter, and other robust British style ales. A candidate for increasing protein haze, haze retention, and foam stability. Excellent addition to Hazy IPAs. Malted from Monida variety spring oats.

MALTED OLAND WHEAT

Higher protein, heritage soft wheat grain which is open-source and non-GMO. Full-bodied character is great for lower grist ratios where haze is desired, and higher grist ratios appropriate for Farmhouse, Hefeweizen and other wheat beers. Malted from Olandsvete variety spring wheat. Oland Wheat is prized for bread making characteristics.

GRIST RATIOS UP TO 20%, WHILE HIGHER RATIOS ARE MORE ASSERTIVE IN THEIR FLAVOR CONTRIBUTION. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR USE AT 100% GRIST, RATHER AS A FLAVOR CONTRIBUTOR.

MALTED RYE

Traditional rye spiciness. Earthy and nutty sunflower seed flavors with subtle bread crust tasting notes. Great for brewing and distilling. Malted from Guardian variety winter rye.

MALTED WHITE WHEAT

Sweet, bready, doughy, and malty. Versatile for traditional wheat beers and hazy American-style ales. Increases head retention and mouthfeel. Malted from Huffman variety winter wheat.

AROMA & FL AVOR USAGE

APPROPRIATE UP TO 50% + OF GRIST IN HEFEWEIZEN, WITBIER AND OTHER WHEAT BEERS. GREAT ADDITION AT LOWER RATIOS FOR COMPLEXITY AND BODY IN ANY NUMBER OF STYLES.

ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS

Moderately sweet, with notes of caramel, honey, and brown sugar. With an orange hue in color, this malt finishes with cracker and bread crust flavors. Malted from Genie variety 2-row spring barley.

HONEY, BROWN SUGAR

TO 100% GRIST FOR ROBUST ALTBIER OR DARK LAGER STYLES, 5-15% GIVES RICH GOLDEN COLOR AND MALTY FLAVOR

MUNICH WHEAT MALT

A different take on typical malted wheat. Longer kiln time and higher temperature imparts a rich, complex, toasty flavor and mildly elevated color Malted from Huffman variety winter wheat.

AROMA & FLAVOR USAGE

CROSTINI, GRAPE NUTS, MALTY

USE LOWER RATIOS AS YOU WOULD ANY WHEAT MALT FOR ADDED PROTEIN. USE IN HIGHER RATIOS FOR DUNKELWEISS, WEISSBIER, HEFEWEIZEN, ETC ESPECIALLY WHEN TOASTY NOTES ARE TARGETED.

ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS

ODYSSEY PILSNER

Clean, well-rounded, and highly versatile, with a very pale color and neutral malt character. Odyssey provides a blank canvas that allows hops and other ingredients to shine. Ideal for European-style lagers and hop-forward beers like West Coast Pils or extra pale Hazy IPAs. Brewer-friendly, it offers excellent extract potential for efficient brewing, while maintaining a balanced malt profile across a wide range of styles. Malted from Odyssey variety 2-row spring barley, which is a

AROMA & FL AVOR

MOUTHFEEL USAGE

NOTES OF HAY, GRAINY, SWEET

LIGHT BODIED, SWEET & CLEAN

THUNDER PILSNER MALT

Grassy and light. Traditional Pilsner malt and flavor profile. Versatile for many beer styles as a base malt. Malted from Thunder 2-row winter barley variety. Winter barley furthers our commitment to regenerative farming practices.

THUNDER PILSNER MALT

Grassy and light. Traditional Pilsner malt and flavor profile. Versatile for many beer styles as a base malt. Malted from Thunder 2-row winter barley variety. Winter barley furthers our commitment to regenerative farming practices.

VIENNA

Kilned to a slightly darker color than traditional examples of Vienna malt, Root Shootʼs Vienna exhibits rich and toasty cereal flavor with hints of graham cracker, and Grape Nuts. A mild honeysuckle finish with excellent clarity and rich color. Can be used as a base malt or complementary flavor. Malted from Genie variety 2-row spring barley.

AROMA & FL AVOR USAGE

TOASTY GRAHAM CRACKER, NUTTY, MILD HONEYSUCKLE SWEETNESS

UP TO 100% FOR VIENNA LAGER OR MARZEN STYLES, LOWER GRIST RATIOS PROVIDE EXCELLENT MALT COMPLEXITY FOR A VARIETY OF BEER STYLES ESPECIALLY MALT FORWARD STYLES

ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS

Beyond providing breweries and distilleries the ability to procure local, consistent, and highquality craft products, we seek to create meaningful, collaborative relationships with our partners. We are committed to positioning ourselves as a leader in the nationally emerging craft malt industry and regenerative agriculture movement.

“We genuinely appreciate not only the high caliber product we get from Root Shoot, but also the feeling that our partnership goes well beyond the grain. We get consistent and high efficiency results in the brewhouse with their grain and we believe that both our staff and our guests can taste the quality in the glass. Unless there is a specialty grain that Root Shoot doesn’t malt, we aim to feature 100% of their malt in all of our beers. But beyond the grain, Root Shoot’s farmers and their entire staff is what frankly sets them head and shoulders above all our other suppliers from raw materials to everything else. They constantly take time to make sure we get the best and most appropriate flavors from their grain, and if for some reason we aren’t, they’re always around to troubleshoot. In an era where everything always feels so transactional, our relationship with Root Shoot simply is one of friendship, camaraderie and supportiveness.”

- Cody Higginbottom - Public Offering Brewing

MALTING PROCESS

From Our Grain To Your Glass

As 5th-generation Loveland, Colorado farmers, respect for the heritage and land, and a deep- rooted understanding of the region’s agriculture are in our blood. Pride and family values are an essential part of the process at Root Shoot Malting. We take what we learned from the farmers, and family, before us, while using today’s most innovative agricultural equipment, to make the least impact on the Earth and keep the land healthy for the next generation of Root Shoot Farmers.

Located on the Olander Farms’ 112-acre farm, and approximately 1500 leased acres, Root Shoot is working to ensure that farmland remains available to grow grain for the beers and spirits of tomorrow.

We believe farmers are stewards of the land — taking responsibility for the soil, nourishing our communities, and proving that there is a better way to do agriculture. We value fresh water, local food, craft beverages (a lot), mountain views, thriving wildlife, and a healthy economy. It’s an honor and privilege to do what we do and every day we celebrate those who support us from the craft brewers and spirits purveyors to the land stewards, and fermented beverage consumers far and wide.

Root Shoot Malting is in the unique position to control the entire malting process from seed variety and growth, to harvest and final kilning.

Founded by Todd and Steve Olander in 2016, Root Shoot Malting is deeply grounded and invested in Northern Colorado.

We carefully cultivated the operation to specialize in providing the highest quality of local grain and malt to the craft brewing and distilling industries.

Root Shoot Malting was the first craft malthouse in the United States to operate the Kaspar Schulz malting system.

Manufactured in Bamberg, Germany, our equipment is composed of a steeping vessel and germination-kiln combo drums that are capable of producing 30 tons of craft malt per week.

With this advanced technology, we are able to deliver incomparable malt flavor and the promise of high-quality consistency. We offer fresh, unique, made-to-order malts that are truly local.

CONSERVATION

The livelihood of our small business depends on land, a commodity that for us and so many others is scarce and exponentially depleting.

In December of 2022, Olander Farms and Root Shoot Malting together finalized a Conservation Easement with Colorado Open Lands, an agreement that permanently limits the use of our land, 112 acres, and will ensure the continued pace, quality, and permanence of protected agriculture in our region.

We’re here to tell our story to raise awareness far beyond our own farmland, and we’re campaigning to keep farmers on farms – a future that supports the rural agricultural communities, families, and wildlife.

Olander Farms is implementing practices associated with the regenerative agriculture movement.

We’re taking creative approaches to increase and maintain soil health, retain and reuse water, bio-sequester carbon, and promote biodiversity in our region.

We need your support to help us preserve and regenerate Colorado agriculture, allowing us to continue growing and producing local grains on our farmland.

**MORE ON CONSERVATION AND REGENERATIVE PRACTICES

TESTIMONIALS

“Switching to Root Shoot Malt—and continuing to use it—has been the easiest decision we’ve made at Los Dos Potrillos Cervecería. We were initially drawn to the idea of brewing with locally grown malt, but after our first trial batch, we were blown away by the differences. We immediately converted both Breweries. Not only has Root Shoot Malt elevated the quality of our finished beer, but it has also steadily improved our brewhouse efficiency. We’re thrilled with their partnership. We can’t recommend Root Shoot highly enough.”

“Root Shoot is all about quality and consistency. Their team is incredibly responsive, knowledgeable, and truly committed to supporting our success. It’s a company culture felt by everyone we interact with, as they care about solutions just as much as the exceptional quality malt they produce. Root Shoot has elevated our efficiency, and most importantly, the quality of our beer. They are a critical and trusted partner for LUKI!”

- Jeff Smith - LUKI Brewing

“Root Shoot has been a great partner for our little brewhouse. Not only are they great people, but we are able to make better beer using their high quality craft malts at a reasonable price. The Genie Pale Malt is my favorite 2 Row on the market and it’s hard to go wrong with any of their grains. With a 3 BBL Brewhouse we were worried that we would be paying a premium for high quality malt that we wouldn’t be able to sustain, but we’ve picked up efficiency and quality of our beers that has given us great return on our investment.”

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