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n 2015, brothers Jared, Joshua, Jacob
and Caleb Buck, along with their
father Bruce and uncles Barry and
Brent, started the Maine Malt House —
Maine's fi rst large-scale malt production
company — to cater to the state's grow-
ing microbrewery sector.
e operation has grown signifi -
cantly since then, with sales that have
quadrupled and a customer base that
has expanded to 30 breweries and
distilleries, from 10 or 12 customers
the fi rst year. By year's end, it will have
a new building to house a standalone
malting system that's fi ve times the
capacity of the system used now.
"We did our homework and learned
as much as we could about the malting
process," says Jacob Buck, who spoke for
his brothers. "We got a good feeling for
it and now we've got a good number of
customers and a good reputation."
P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D
Crop futures
The Bucks, a longtime farming family,
diversify with a malting business
B y L a u r i e S c h r e i b e r
We told [the brewer] we grow
barley. He said, 'If you malt it,
then send it down.'
— Jacob Buck
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Jared, Joshua, Jacob and Caleb Buck
Partners, Maine Malt House, Mapleton
