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malt

[mawlt] / mɔlt /
NOUN
ale
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Nestlé has also been introducing new formats focused around protein and fiber, like its chocolate malt Milo drink in a high-protein format, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

“I think that the Notch is the most Scotch-like American single malt in flavor profile,” said Adam Polonski, co-founder of bottling house Lost Lantern Whiskey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Pike perch tartare from Lake Oulujärvi rests on malt bread with capers and dill oil and a whisper of pine tar.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

Watt says they would sleep only a few hours a night, often on sacks of malt on the brewery floor, and told of the financial hardship they faced.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Afterward we’d all go to the malt shop for cheeseburgers and milk shakes.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

When it first appeared on shelves most of the country wasn’t clamoring for domestic malts, and so the Notch’s arrival went largely ignored by a bourbon-swigging public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

"Given the vibrancy of the overall whiskey category in China, there will be enough space for single malts, for blended whiskies, for local players, for imported whiskey, to grow," he says.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

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

For example, Amazon in 2019 offered “Maisel Day” to promote its comedy drama “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” with 1950s-inspired pricing on malts and movie tickets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

A hamburger and a malt, a cold malt and fries—two hamburgers and two malts and fries— and he would sit and eat and tell everybody about the storm and the killer whales.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen

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

The aptly named “Mini Winnies,” which look endearingly cartoonish, featured a tonka and malted milk biscuit dipped in milk chocolate.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025

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

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

"One of the classic areas is malting and brewing, if you look at Roman Britain you see next to nothing about this, yet people must have been drinking beer."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024

About 300,000 tons of Australian malting barley has been contracted for sale to China since the tariffs were dropped, he added.

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022

The malting step adds flavor but also a few days to the recipe.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 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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