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malt

[mawlt] / mɔlt /
NOUN
ale
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Born in 1932 in South Africa to Lithuanian Jewish immigrants who ran a malt business, Kirsh ventured into grain milling and then distribution, according to news reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Dessert revives malt bread as French toast alongside sea buckthorn and pumpkin held through autumn and sharpened into sorbet.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

“I think it will be good for us,” Hoak said, while hauling 55-pound bags of malt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

But in South Korea, you might find single malt whiskies, $800 French wines, 24K gold bars, shampoo and conditioner refill stations, televisions or a dine-in instant noodle bar with more than 200 varieties of ramyon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025

Henry took a sip of his malt, swallowed.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

South Korea’s first single malts, these bottles start at around $120 in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Single malts, which sell at premium prices, are a particularly important part of exports to the US.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

Many recent technological advances in production help nonalcoholic beer maintain fermentation characteristics derived from the malts, hops and yeast, thus providing a more balanced and pleasant product that tastes like "real" beer.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023

Long viewed as an inferior copycat of Scotch, Japanese single malts and blended whiskies started racking up international awards around 2008, sparking intense global demand that effectively drank the supply dry by around 2015.

From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2023

She thought all she had to do was drink malts full of Dr. Dee’s Nerve and Flesh Builder, eat pork, and she’d put on enough weight to fill out the back of her dress.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

But the federal government didn’t even recognize American single malt—whiskey made from 100% malted barley produced at one U.S. distillery—as a spirits category until 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Firebrand does that by adding less malted barley - the main source of sugar which ferments into alcohol.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

“And the Welsh have everything that we have: They have decent water, they have malted barley, and they have yeast, so they can make good whisky.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

The palate includes almond nougat, crème brûlée, black tea, white flower petals and malted milk balls.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

It isn't much, but you get quite a lot of vitamins in the malted milk.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

"At Berryfields, we found evidence of malting and brewing and the tanks used to steep the grain before processing," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024

But in the absence of Australian malting barley, many Chinese craft brewers turned to alternatives such as French or Canadian malt.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023

Additionally, its small size means it falls through the perforations at the bottoms of malting kettles designed to accommodate larger barley kernels.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2023

After the malting operation closed, the building fell into disrepair.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

And besides, with July nearly upon them, the three roommates were malting plans for going home.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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