Episode 089: The Six-rowification of North American Two-row (Part 3: What you can do about it)

The previous episode explained how and why North American 2-row barley evolved to take on 6-row traits. This week Joe Hertrich explains why that's problematic for all-malt brewers and what can be done about it.

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