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In this competitive marketplace, making and serving beer is just one part of the consumer experience. We tip our hats to the newest Riverbend Craft Malt Converts <\/span>Savage Craft Ale Works<\/span><\/a> in West Columbia, South Carolina, where world-class craft beer is the star of the show, joined with other characters like location, community, food, and story. Now, they can add local ingredients to that cast of characteristics!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Savage Craft is located in a beautiful old fire station. This family friendly community hub has a dog-friendly biergarten, and a 21+ rooftop patio, plus a full menu with tacos, lots of share-able items, and wine and cocktails too. You can find everything you\u2019re looking for in a craft brewing establishment at Savage Craft\u2014 including mainstay beers made with local malt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been peppering Riverbend malt into all of our flagship beers,\u201d says Brandon Evans, Head Brewer at Savage Craft. Over the course of the last several months, he\u2019s made the switch to Riverbend malt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Whenever a brewer switches malt providers, some of the biggest concerns are consistency and efficiency, Evans says. His previous provider sold 25 kilo bags (basically 55 pounds) bags, and ours are available in 50-pound increments. He reports that so far he\u2019s done a 1 to 1 substitute for all malt bags in his recipes, \u201cand I haven\u2019t missed efficiency numbers yet. I\u2019ve seen an improvement in everything from efficiency to quality.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Some of the other improvements Evans noted when he switched to Riverbend were freshness and cleanliness. \u201cSomething I noticed immediately when opening a bag was the freshness. Usually there\u2019s a lot of junk in a bag of malt, and with Riverbend malt bags, he says, \u201cWe\u2019re seeing these super clean kernels without a lot of friable stuff in the bottom.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Savage Craft\u2019s Purge Under Pilsner is a German-style Pilsner crafted using traditional German decoction methods. Crisp-finishing, golden-hued, and refreshing, Purge Under Pilsner is a 2024 South Carolina Brewers Cup Medalist in the Pale Malty European Lager category.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Savage Craft recently replaced the European-sourced Pilsner malt in Purge Under Pilsner with our Tennessee-grown <\/span>Cumberland Pilsner<\/span><\/a> malt\u2014 the style of beer, Evans explains, that can have the most noticeable differences when evolving a recipe. \u201cI\u2019ve picked up zero off-flavors- no diacetyl, no sulfur, none of the young lager compounds that I’m expecting to have around 4 weeks\u201d, which has cut a week off their lagering time. Evans \u201cwon\u2019t promise it\u2019s just based on one factor because we\u2019ve changed our yeast over time to\u201d, but he swears the malt plays a part.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We agree! So many Craft Malt Converts like Savage Craft report more efficiency, more flavor, and better quality malt. Their investment in Riverbend Malt House uplevels their beers, ultimately contributing to an already exceptional customer experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In this competitive marketplace, making and serving beer is just one part of the consumer experience. We tip our hats to the newest Riverbend Craft Malt Converts Savage Craft Ale Works<\/a> in West Columbia, South Carolina, where world-class craft beer is the star of the show, joined with other characters like location, community, food, and story. Now, they can add local ingredients to that cast of characteristics!\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe Switch To Craft Malt<\/b><\/h4>\n
Mainstays Made With Riverbend Malt<\/b><\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\nVisiting or roaming Columbia? Don\u2019t miss some of Savage Craft\u2019s other mainstay beers made with Riverbend malt, such as Galaxy Banger IPA, Carolina Light Cream Ale, <\/span><\/i>V\/Ale<\/span><\/i> Cream Ale, CAE Hazy IPA, Canopy Surfer Sours, and Kandahar Candy Man Stout\u2014 to name a few. Visiting on a Sunday? Savage Craft serves <\/span><\/i>top notch brunch<\/span><\/i><\/a>!<\/span><\/i><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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