From Barley to Malt: The Malting Process

The word "malt" refers to several products of the malting process.  These include the grains to which this process has been applied, the sugar derived from such grains (e.g., baker's malt used in various cereals), or a product based on malted milk which is made up of malted barley, wheat flour and milk. Malting is process that takes grain, allows it to germinate, then halts the growing process with the application of heat.  Canadian barley malt is principally used in the production of beer. Canadian malt makers (maltsters) take barley and submit it to a nine-step process to turn it into malt. 

Canada Brand - Advantages for Going Canadian

Canadian barley and malt is well known for high extract and high enzymes compared to other origins. This allows many countries to blend Canadian malt to improve performance on product from other origins. Good yeast performance results in the clean beer flavour.

Canada is the world's second-largest exporter of malt, with export sales averaging over 550,000 tonnes annually.Our barley's assured varietal purity means that our malts have a more consistent kernel size than barleys from other countries, which means they can be more consistently milled. Brewing with Canadian malt, consequently, offers the brewer great flexibility in designing the brewing process. This makes it much easier to optimize yield and maintain performance, all while ensuring that the beer is of the highest quality.

International Industry Trade Negotiations

MIAC originally was established to help manage and coordinate domestic and commercial industry issues that pertained to the Canadian Wheat Board, the monopoly organization from whom all MIAC members were obliged to purchase their grain.  With the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, international trade issues began to dominate.  MIAC is currently involved in a number of trade negotiations that include the participation of countries in various trading blocks around the world.