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FULLSTEAM: FEBRUARY 2020 FARM REPORT

PIONEERING A SOUTHERN BEER ECONOMY

Since launching in 2010, Fullsteam has purchased over $530,000 in Southern-sourced ingredients -- primarily from North Carolina farms. February's Southern farm purchases -- nearly four tons and over $9,000 in Southern ingredients -- consisted mostly of North Carolina grains for core beers and some specialty one-offs.

Fullsteam is a Certified Craft Malt Brewery, committed to sourcing 10 percent or more grains from a certified craft malt house. Learn more about this program at the Craft Maltsers Guild.

SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2010

$530,701.09 Southern-farmed ingredients, totaling
563,116 pounds (282 tons)

FEBRUARY 2020 DETAILS
In February 2020, Fullsteam brewed:

Spending $9,116 on 7,795 pounds of Southern-sourced:

  • Carolina Vienna malt
  • Carolina Gold malt
  • Epiphany Foundation (2-Row)
  • Epiphany N.C. Triticale
  • Epiphany Munich malt
  • Epiphany Modern Pilsner malt
  • Riverbend Heritage malt
  • Epiphany Bittersweet (Chocolate) malt
  • Paw paws from Chatham County's Full of Life Farms
  • Cocoa nibs (locally processed by Videri)

NOTES

  1. Fullsteam defines "Southern" as the swath of land from Washington D.C. to Louisiana. That said, North Carolina farms, maltsters, and foragers account for the vast majority (>95%) of these Southern ingredients.
  2. For the purposes of this report, we only include grains farmed and malted in the South.
  3. To find each beer's percent local by weight, look for the "% local" designation on the beer label or its entry on our website.
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