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Running On Mother Nature's Time
It is often said that farming is a lesson in patience, but sometimes it feels like a lesson in chaos. Or flexibility. Or creativity.
Apr 1, 20224 min read


"Take No Sh*t and Trust Your Gut" - Root Shoot's Women in Brewing
Lady Justice forms part of a minority of breweries that are female-owned. According to new statistics released by the Brewers Association at the Craft Brewers Conference in September of 2021, female-owned breweries make up 23.7% of all craft breweries. That’s not even a quarter of breweries in a country where women make up over half of the population.
Mar 1, 20228 min read


We Did It Again!
We found out that we earned our 4th Craft Malt Cup medal. Our English Pale Ale took a bronze! Our previous wins include a gold medal for Genie Pale in 2019, a bronze for Munich 10 in 2020, and a bronze for Genie Pale in 2021. Now, that’s worth a toast!
Mar 1, 20223 min read


Farm Notes: Malt Madness - Bring on the Barley
We have a few more weeks until the March equinox, which marks the “official” end of winter. And anyone who’s lived in Colorado for any amount of time know that winter never actually ends in March. In fact, often Father Winter is just biding his time until March, waiting for the birds to sing, the sun to warm a little bit, and folks to get excited about getting outside and then BLAMMO, a foot of snow dropped right before a Monday morning commute and on the first day of your ki
Mar 1, 20223 min read


Brewery of the Month: Station 26 Brewing Company
We have to give a big shout-out to Station 26, a brewery whose influence on the malthouse can’t really be understated. They’re a brewery that has actually led us to learn more, do more, and make some really amazing malt.
Mar 1, 20224 min read


Distillery of the Month: The Family Jones
When we started this whole Root Shoot Malting project, we knew that one of our most important priorities as a business would be developing strong relationships with our customers.
What we didn’t know was that some of those customers would become family.
Chosen family.
The Family Jones.
Feb 2, 20224 min read


Root Shoot Malts My Heart: A Beer Package for Lovers
It’s Heart Time in the Land of Love!
Every Valentine’s day, Loveland decorates its streets with Valentine’s Day conversation hearts as a fundraiser for the Thompson Valley Rotary Club.
It’s Heart Time in the Land of Love!
Every Valentine’s day, Loveland decorates its streets with Valentine’s Day conversation hearts as a fundraiser for the Thompson Valley Rotary Club.
Feb 1, 20221 min read


Cow Patties
It’s February on the farm, but don’t think for a minute that that means we’re over here sippin’ on stouts with our boots kicked up reading candy heart messages to the cows.
Well, maybe the stout part is true. Who doesn’t celebrate stout month?
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Beer Can Appreciation Day Contest
January 24th is National Beer Can Appreciation Day, a day for which all beer drinkers and craft masters should be endlessly grateful.
Jan 1, 20222 min read


Dry January
Our plan for January? focusing on water for a while.
We even started a light-hearted introduction to it as our social media focus for January. Wouldn’t Dry January be an ironic theme for a business that depends on the beer and spirit industry? We could make a clever link between the sober (beer-less) Dry January that many participate in and the sobering drought that we are facing this January as farmers.
Jan 1, 20223 min read


Brewery of the Month: City Star Brewing
Nestled right in the middle of Mountain Avenue in downtown Berthoud, City Star Brewing is the kind of place that feels welcoming before you even walk in the doors.
Jan 1, 20223 min read


Cursing at Buildings and Other Winter Adventures on the Farm
You see that tent?
Actually, it’s not really a tent. It’s a steel-framed storage structure with vinyl walls, but it looks like a tent, and as the saying goes, “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a…tent.”
Or something like that.
Regardless, that tent represents a significant chunk of our winter work on the farm, as well as the cause for much hair-pulling and (we admit it) a fair amount of adult language.
Jan 1, 20222 min read
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