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• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Despite delays caused by permitting and rain, Northern California rice producer and fifth-generation farmer Bill Weller finally began realizing his dream of producing farm-to-glass craft beers in his own brewery in January. The 40-barrel Farmers Brewing...

.textbox {padding:2px 6px 4px 6px; color: #000000; background-color: #ecf9ec; border: #000066 2px solid} Retired California rice researcher Jim Eckert refines rice malting for gluten-free brewing and distilling. By Vicky Boyd,  Editor — To describe Chico, California-based Eckert Malting and Brewing Co. as...

.danger {background-color: #E5E4E2; border-left: 6px solid #006600; padding-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 12px;} — By Jennifer L. Blanck — The winner of the inaugural PNW (Pacific Northwest) Gluten-Free Homebrewing Competition is a beer made with rice. Dad's Red Ale, an American Amber...

Using rice as a beer ingredient is nothing new. Brewers before Prohibition used the grain because it imparted a light, crisp taste and effervescence, and Anheuser Busch has been doing so for decades. But they all used rice as an...