Maris Otter Production in the UK

Ingredients
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The Crisp MO discussion got me thinking about Maris Otter and how we as homebrewers focus on it. I have used a bag of Pearl and it was fine. There are other malt varieties grown in England, and I have read before that there is not that much Maris Otter grown, and it is a niche product for UK craft brewers. So the attached link has the varieties grown in the UK in a graph, and Maris Otter is a small but fairly constant sliver of production.

http://www.ukmalt.com/sites/default/files/files/MAGB%20MBUpdate14%20vL.pdf

Here is another link that shows the barley growing regions in the UK, and where the maltsters are.

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Second link is neat but the first one is not working for me

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It is a .pdf that takes a long while to load, but the link worked for me.

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now it worked on laptop, may just not have liked the ipad. Thanks

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Trying to get over jet lag this summer on a visit to UK I ended up listening to The BBC early morning (5.30am) farming radio programs.

They had this one which went into this years maris otter harvest and about growing conditions etc. Apparently a good harvest this year.

Unfortunately the podcast of that episode has now expired but this article goes over many of the points from the broadcast
http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming-news/brewers_and_ale_lovers_prepare_to_celebrate_the_50th_anniversary_of_maris_otter_barley_1_3830357

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Thanks for posting this information.  My favorite British base malt is Pearl, but I am always open to trying different cultivars.