{"id":7430,"date":"2024-12-03T11:47:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T16:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/?p=7430"},"modified":"2024-12-03T15:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:22:42","slug":"business-nc-small-business-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverbendmalt.com\/business-nc-small-business-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverbend Malt House Selected As Business North Carolina Small Business Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Riverbend<\/span><\/p>\n

ASHEVILLE, NC, December 3, 2024\u2014 Riverbend Malt House was named one of the four top small businesses of the year in the 2024 Small Business of the Year Awards, sponsored by Business North Carolina Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n

2024 marks the 29th year of Business North Carolina honoring the contributions small businesses make to the state\u2019s economy.\u00a0 Applicants must be based in the Tar Heel State and have been in business for more than five years, have less than 100 employees, and be independently owned and operated. Among 49 nominees, four winners were selected on the basis of demonstrated accomplishments in the preceding 12 months and success in overcoming business obstacles, supplemented with professional references.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to receive this recognition of the great work of our employees,\u201d says Riverbend Malt House Co-Founder and CEO Brian Simpson. \u201cAs the first craft malthouse in the Southeast and one of the largest in the country, we feel we have a particular industry responsibility to demonstrate that craft malt can help customers differentiate their beers and spirits through the use of high quality malt sourced from local, family owned farms and produced in an environmentally conscious manner. We call this \u2018Malt with a Mission<\/a>\u2019.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier in the year, Riverbend Malt House made the Inc. 5000<\/a> fastest growing private companies list for the third consecutive year. The malt house was also awarded a malt quality award in the prestigious Craft Maltsters Guild\u2019s 2024 Malt Cup competition. \u201cGreat employees making great malt from great grain is our not-so-secret formula,\u201d Simpson adds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also among the 2024 Small Business of the Year winners<\/a> is Weldon Mills Distillery, one of Riverbend\u2019s longstanding customers. The malt house extends congratulations and gratitude to them for their investment in local malt. Riverbend, Weldon Mills, and the two other winners RiverWild Construction and North Carolina Trailer Sales will be honored at the 2024 Small Business of the Year Awards Ceremony later this month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Media inquiring about Riverbend\u2019s accolades can contact Emily Hutto at <\/span>hutto@radcraftbeer.com<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABOUT RIVERBEND MALT HOUSE<\/b><\/p>\n

Riverbend Malt House is on a quest to connect Southeastern family owned farms and fermenters. Co-Founders Brent Manning and Brian Simpson launched Riverbend, the first craft malthouse east of the Mississippi River, in Asheville, North Carolina in 2010. Buoyed by a 70,000 foot production facility and state of the art equipment, Riverbend Malt House helps breweries and distilleries large, small, and in-between stand out with flavor, locality, and community in an increasingly competitive landscape\u2014 all the while challenging the status quo of corporate, big-agriculture malt. Learn more at riverbendmalt.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Riverbend<\/p>\n

ASHEVILLE, NC, December 3, 2024\u2014 Riverbend Malt House was named one of the four top small businesses of the year in the 2024 Small Business of the Year Awards, sponsored by Business North Carolina Magazine.<\/p>\n

2024 marks the 29th year of Business North Carolina honoring the contributions small businesses make to the state\u2019s economy.\u00a0 Applicants must be based in the Tar Heel State and have been in business for more than five years,<\/p>\n

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