barley
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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
Corn remained supported by strong demand and tighter supplies in Brazil and the U.S., while sorghum and barley increased mainly due to spillover effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
But it's not just wheat flour, or barley that can fuel fermentation, all sorts of substances are suitable - in biology those fermentation hosts are known as substrates.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The sweet and soft nut plays a large role in traditional mountain cooking and tradition because in places where you couldn’t grow wheat or barley, there were still chestnut trees.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
He brought them a large plate full of jumokbap, small fist-sized rice balls mixed with barley, seaweed, salt, sesame oil, and toasted sesame seeds, sitting on a white cloth to prevent sticking.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Radiation has been used to breed high-yield barleys, leaf-spot-resistant peanuts; radioisotope tracers have shown the way to more effective use of fertilizers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of those related beans and barleys were indeed domesticated independently in the Americas or China, far from the early site of domestication in the Fertile Crescent.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
This conclusion is not entirely in agreement with the results which have been obtained by others upon foreign beers, in the preparation of which low protein barleys have been used.
From A Study Of American Beers and Ales by Tolman, L. M.
Their yield is small compared with native barleys, although this may improve when they are fully acclimatised.
From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William
“However, the barleys look well; but perhaps you don’t understand farming?”
From Japhet in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick
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