Joseph's Grainery

A Day on the Farm

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Baronesse Barley Harvest Day 2024

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 07 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000

RSVP's have Closed.

Directions were sent Thursday (Aug 15th) to the e-mail you rsvp'd with.

Please check your spam/junk folder prior to reaching out to us at info@josephsgrainery.com

August 17th is Baronesse Barley Harvest Day! Stand in the field where the barley is grown, while enjoying brews and spirits made with Baronesse Barley. The Joseph's Grainery crew will be harvesting the 2024 crop while you tap your toes to local band, Tone Sober. Bring your camera and your favorite friends - and experience a full circle moment - when you meet the farmer, maltster, brewers & distillers standing in the field where it's grown.

We'll be e-mailing out directions to the event in the couple days prior - so registering here is the only way to ensure you'll find out the location of this year's party!

Are you a brewer or distiller who'd love to share what you make with Joseph's Grainery whole grains? We'd love to include you in this celebration! Let us know you'll be joining us and we'll make sure to have a table availabe for you.

Home Brew Competition - sign up at this link, but please also reserve a pint glass as a "brewer" at the link above.

Baronesse Barley Harvest Day 2023

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:07:00 +0000

This Year's Event is SOLD OUT!

August 19th is Baronesse Barley Harvest Day! Stand in the field where the barley is grown, while enjoying brews and spirits made with Baronesse Barley. The Joseph's Grainery crew will be harvesting the 2023 crop while you tap your toes to local band, Tone Sober. Bring your camera and your favorite friends - and experience a full circle moment - when you meet the farmer, maltster, brewers & distillers standing in the field where it's grown.

We'll be e-mailing out directions to the event in the couple days prior - so registering here is the only way to ensure you'll find out the location of this year's party!

2023 Baronesse Barley Harvest Day - SAVE THE DATE

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:29:00 +0000

Enjoy an afternoon of brews & spirits featuring Baronesse Barley.

Stand in the field where it's grown, while we harvest the 2023 crop.

Hear live band, Tone Sober, cover your favorite tunes and a few of their original songs.

Meet the farmer, maltster, brewers and distillers.

See the farm and shoot some photos.

Registration details to follow.

Baronesse Barley Harvest Day 2022

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Wed, 11 May 2022 21:59:00 +0000

This Year's Event Is SOLD OUT!

Brewers & Distillers ONLY - RSVP Here

***Directions to this year's location will be e-mailed out a few days prior to the event to the e-mail address entered when rsvp-ing.

August 20th is Baronesse Barley Harvest Day! Stand in the field where the barley is grown, while enjoying brews and spirits made with Baronesse Barley. The Joseph's Grainery crew will be harvesting the 2022 crop while you tap your toes to local band, Tone Sober. Bring your camera and your favorite friends - and experience a full circle moment - when you meet the farmer, maltster, brewers & distillers standing in the field where it's grown.

We'll be e-mailing out directions to the event in the couple days prior - so registering here is the only way to ensure you'll find out the exact location of this year's party!

2022 Baronesse Barley Harvest Day - SAVE THE DATE

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 20:06:00 +0000

Enjoy an afternoon of brews & spirits featuring Baronesse Barley.

Stand in the field where it's grown, while we harvest the 2022 crop.

Hear live band, Tone Sober, cover your favorite tunes and a few of their original songs.

Meet the farmer, maltster, brewers and distillers.

See the farm and shoot some photos.

Registration details to follow.

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:57:00 +0000

THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS SOLD OUT!!!

Stand in the field where the barley is grown, while enjoying brews and spirits made with Baronesse Barley. The Joseph's Grainery crew will be harvesting the 2018 crop while you tap your toes to local band, Tone Sober, and taste delicious bites made with Joseph's Grainery whole grain products. Bring your camera and your favorite friends - and experience a full circle moment - when you meet the farmer, maltster, brewers & distillers, while standing a field of Baronesse Barley!

If you are a brewer, distiller, or baker who'd love to share what you make with Joseph's Grainery whole grains! We'd love to include you in this celebration! Let us know you'll be joining us and we'll make sure to have a table availabe for you. Just let us know you want a table by requesting it here.

Returning again this year - we'll be hosting a Baronesse Barley Home Brew Competition as a part of the Harvest Day! Visit Inland Brewers Unite for rules and registration.

Driving directions to the event will be e-mailed to those that have rsvp'd

a few days prior to the event!

2019 Baronesse Barley Harvest Day

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:49:00 +0000

SOLD OUT! - Reserve Your Spot Here - SOLD OUT!

Baronesse Barley Harvest Day, August 17th, 2019 is SOLD OUT! Stand in the field where the barley is grown, while enjoying brews and spirits made with Baronesse Barley. The Joseph's Grainery crew will be harvesting the 2018 crop while you tap your toes to local band, Tone Sober, and taste delicious bites made with Joseph's Grainery whole grain products. Bring your camera and your favorite friends - and experience a full circle moment - when you meet the farmer, maltster, brewers & distillers, while standing a field of Baronesse Barley!

We still have room for you, if you are a brewer, distiller, or baker who'd love to share what you make with Joseph's Grainery whole grains! We'd love to include you in this celebration! Let us know you'll be joining us and we'll make sure to have a table availabe for you. Just let us know you want a table by requesting it here.

Returning again this year - we'll be hosting a Baronesse Barley Home Brew Competition as a part of the Harvest Day! Click Here for more information or to enter the competition. If you're entering the home brew competition, please also rsvp, as that's how we'll be sending out the directions to the field where the event will be held.

Enter the Home Brew Competition - Entries Now Closed!

Don't forget to also rsvp!

Reserve Your Spot and a 2019 Special Edition Pint Glass Here

Driving directions to the event will be e-mailed to those that have rsvp'd

a few days prior to the event!

Baronesse Barley Harvest Day Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:19:00 +0000

Baronesse Barley Harvest Day 2018 was an absolute success! We hope you enjoyed the afternoon, the brews and spirits and the company of all the other fellow Baronesse Barley fans.

Let the celebration begin!

Joel of LINC Malt & the Grain Shed serving up guests

Guests enjoying the band and a moment off their feet.

Home Brew Competition Ballot

Baronesse Barley Harvest Day Home Brew Competitors

The Joseph's Grainery crew hard at work while we all enjoyed this full circle, Grain-to-Glass moment.

A scenic brew...sorry, couldn't resist it.

Good conversations grown here.

Warrior Liquor in the field where it was grown.

Tone Sober

Bill's favorite day of the year!

LINC Malt

Black Label Brewing Company, Bellwether Brewing & The Grain Shed - three amazing breweries under one tent.

Moscow Brewing Company

A huge thank you to our Sponsors - Eric's Auto Body & Glass and The City of Colfax

Mark your calendars now for August 17, 2019

Registration and details to follow.

2018 Baronesse Barley Harvest Day - You're Invited!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 29 May 2018 17:57:00 +0000

Reserve Your Spot Here

Join us August 18th, just outside of Colfax, Washington for Baronesse Barley Harvest Day! Stand in the field where the barley is grown, while enjoying brews and spirits made with Baronesse Barley. The Joseph's Grainery crew will be harvesting the 2018 crop while you tap your toes to local band, Tone Sober, and taste delicious bites made with Joseph's Grainery whole grain products. Bring your camera and your favorite friends - and experience a full circle moment - when you meet the farmer, maltster, brewers & distillers, while standing a field of Baronesse Barley!

Are you a brewer, distiller, baker or restaraunteer who'd love to share what you make with Joseph's Grainery whole grains? We'd love to include you in this celebration! Let us know you'll be joining us and we'll make sure to have a table availabe for you. Just shoot us an e-mail here.

New this year - we'll be hosting a Baronesse Barley Home Brew Competition as a part of the Harvest Day! E-mail us for more information or to enter the competition.

Make sure to RESERVE YOUR SPOT today (it's free) - it's the only way to ensure that you'll receive one of the Special Edition 2018 Pint Glasses!

We want you to join us & get one of the awesome 2018 Pint Glasses , so...

Reserve Your Spot!

Driving directions to the event will be e-mailed to those that have rsvp'd

a few days prior to the event!

A BIG Thank you to our event sponsors:

Eric's Auto Body & Glass

City of Colfax Lodging Tax Program

Save The Date - 2018 Baronesse Barley Harvest Day

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:45:00 +0000

Our third annual Baronesse Barley Harvest Day will be on August 18, 2018! Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for an afternoon of Baronesse Barley filled goodness.

Have you ever enjoyed beer and whiskey in the field where the grain was grown? Baronesse Barley Harvest Day is your chance to do just that.

You'll get a chance to watch our crew harvest our 2018 crop of Baronesse Barley, while enjoying local band Tone Sober playing your favorite tunes.

If you're a Brewer, Distiller, Baker or Restauranteur who uses Joseph's Grainery whole grain products, we'd love to show case you, so please let us know you'll be coming by reserving your spot now.

You won't want to miss the third annual Baronesse Barley Harvest Day, so get your free tickets today...

Reserve Your Spot Here

A special thanks to the City of Colfax's Lodging Tax Program for partially funding this year's event.

Baronesse Barley and The Terroir of the Palouse

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:30:00 +0000

Photo Credit: Dan Jackson

We at Joseph's Grainery and Palouse Pint have a unique combination of barley and malting that is not available any where else in the world. We raise Baronesse barley. Baronesse was bred by Nordsaat in Germany where they do not care about feed grains. Baronesse did not find favor with the large commercial malt operators in Europe at the time so they brought it to Washington State University in the late 80's. WSU, having no interest in malting barley in those days, referred them to Western Plant Breeders who marketed it as a feed barley.

For the next decade Baronesse dominated the Pacific Northwest feed market. What everyone missed is that it has great flavor and is consistently plump and heavy. As time went on it was replaced by new feed varieties. Baronesse was getting harder and harder to find. We have always liked it and have been raising it since the early 90's. We hold back and clean our own seed, so we put up 3000 bushels in order to insure our supply. We liked the way it always made number 1 grades, frequently weighing 52 to 54 pounds per bushel. We have enough to last for a long, long time.

Bill's son-in-law, the home brewer, decided to give some a try. It turned out great and he loved working with it, besides, the price was right. It was a distinct pleasure for Bill to drink a beer made from his own grain. Malt is the new hops!

Enter, Joel Williamson. We run a small flour mill offering our flours and mixes for sale in grocery stores, co-ops, and on the internet. Joel had been distributing for us in the Spokane area and doing quite well for us. The next thing we know, Joel went to malting school and I started to get concerned. Our fear was that he was going to lose focus on our food business and turn his attention to this "malt thing". Not long afterwards, we get a call from him wanting to know how much barley we had and if I could clean around 20 tons for him. We were still thinking about food and couldn't imagine what he was going to do with that much barley. Joel had tried the standard malting varieties and wasn't getting what he wanted. Then he tried some of our Baronesse and discovered the secret that has been hidden for four decades. Baronesse is a great malting barley! He now has a local cadre of micro brewers in Spokane that love the stuff.

We love the fact that Baronesse is now being used for it's intended purpose and people get to enjoy the great malt flavor only Baronesse can provide. We say "only" because we believe that it is the unique combination of our soils and this very special barley that provides the unmistakable terroir of the Palouse.

This is a real life rags to riches fairy tale for our little Baronesse. It is our intention that she and Prince Joel of Palouse Pint live happily ever after.

Here are a few articles about Palouse Pint that you might find interesting:

A photo posted by josephsgrainery (@josephsgrainery) on Jul 9, 2016 at 10:27pm PDT

Palouse Pint: The Truly Local Beer - Spokane CDA Living

Photo Credit: Adriana Janovich

From Grain To Glass - Edible Seattle

Photo Credit: Chris Lozier

Note To Craft Beer Lovers - The New Food Economy

Happy Valentines Day - Say It With Flours

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:49:00 +0000

Say It With Flours - Joseph's Grainery Palouse Flour Medley

What better way to say Happy Valentine's Day than Flours? Yes, stone ground flours from Joseph's Grainery are the perfect way to convey your love to your favorite foodie.

We'll even ship it right to their door for you. And shipping is included in the price! Yay! Check that off your to do list.

Your valentine will receive 2 pound bags of each of our four favorite stone ground flours - Hard Red Wheat Bread Flour, Soft White Wheat Pastry Flour, Lentil Flour and Barley Flour.

From Our Farm To Your Valentine's Table.

Click here to place your order.

FREE SHIPPING...Read All About it!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:20:00 +0000

We're excited to announce that when you order Joseph's Grainery products through our online store (click on any of the photos on the right or on the "shop" tab above) you won't have to pay any additional charges for shipping*!

Free Shipping* for orders placed through JosephsGrainery.com

Isn't this great news? Just in time for your holiday gift giving needs! Our whole grain and legume products are perfect for any Foodie on your list. Let us stand in line at the Post Office for you...we'll direct ship your gifts and include a gift message (specify in the order notes) free of charge.

*Free shipping is for US and APO/FPO/DPO addresses.

From Our Farm To Your Table

Whole Grain Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:49:00 +0000

Since we have pumpkin on the brain, we thought we'd share these delicious and healthy muffins we made the other day, using our Joseph's Grainery Whole Grain Cookie Mix.

Whole Grain Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies made with Joseph's Grainery Whole Grain Cookie Mix.

Whole Grain Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Print, text or share this recipe!

Ingredients

4 eggs
2 c sugar
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin puree
1 1/2 c coconut oil
3 c Joseph's Grainery Whole Grain Cookie Mix Base
1 tsp baking powder
1 Tbs pumpkin pie spice
2 c semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Place liners in your muffin tin.
In a large bowl, heath the eggs, sugar, pumpkin and oil until smooth. Combine the cookie mix, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice; add the dry ingredients slowly to the pumpkin mixture and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chips. Fill the muffin tins approximately 3/4 full.
Bake for 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool before removing and placing on a wire rack.

Our Favorite Whole Grain Pumpkin Recipes

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:00:00 +0000

So it's that time of year when we all have pumpkin on the brain, so we thought it would be fun to share a few of our favorite whole grain pumpkin recipes from over the years.

This Whole Grain Pumpkin Cake is one of the most moist whole grain cakes you'll ever taste! It's made with our stone ground Hard Red Whole Wheat and Barley Flours. If pumpkin pie isn't your jam, than you might want to give this delicious cake a try!

These Pumpkin Multigrain Pancakes will take your breakfast up a notch with a real seasonal flair! Made with our awesome Multigrain Pancake Mix, you'll go gaga for these hearty (and pretty healthy) pancakes.

I don't know a single kid who'd turn down a Iced Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie! The best of all three worlds...pumpkin, chocolate chips and glaze/frosting, and they'll make you feel good about giving your kids halfway healthy cookies when they're made with our Whole Grain Cookie Mix. ;)

From Our Farm - Fall 2016 Farm Update

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Do you know what these rows in the fertile soil of the rolling hills of the Palouse mean? That the 2017 crop of Joseph's Grainery Soft White Winter Wheat is in the ground and will begin growing very soon!

Can you locate the wheat seeds in the photo above? We plant a proven variety of Soft White Winter Wheat that has a high test weight and high falling numbers, which makes it perfect for milling and malting.

Farm To Pint

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:27:00 +0000

Harvest is over, we've gotten to restock the shelves at most of our retailers and guess what? We've even added Palouse Pint Malt to our online sales line up! These malts have amazing flavor that the craft malting process, combined with Joseph's Grainery Palouse Promise Baronesse Barley create. Home brewers and craft brewers alike have and will fall head over heals for Palouse Pint Malts.

We've teamed up with LINC Foods to offer Palouse Pint Malt both on our online store and on Amazon. Online you can find the following four types of malt:

Spokane Pilsner
English Pale
Crytsal/Biscuit 40
White Wheat Malt

You can click on the links above or on the photos in the side bar on the right.

Our Baronesse Barley has proven to make an outstanding malt that will add flavor to your brews like none you've ever tasted before! As one of the top grain and hop producing regions in the world, Eastern Washington State is to beer as France is to wine. Wine lovers will be familiar with the concept of "terroir" or the flavor of the place. Different wine growing regions of the world are famous for the qualities their particular soil, microclimate and varieties give rise to.

Palouse Pint is excited to be a pioneer in "Beeroir". That's why every batch of this craft malt is source identified with the farm name, location and grain variety. Celebrate the flavor of the Northwest with Palouse Pint Malts!

Harvest 2016 on the Palouse

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:49:00 +0000

It's that time of year again! It's harvest time on the rolling hills of the Palouse - the time when we're hard to get a hold of, but it's OK, because you know we're out working hard bringing you some of the finest whole grains and legumes. It's long hours, hot days and dusty afternoons (see below), but we wouldn't change it for the world. We love harvest.

We have so much to be grateful for - an amazing crew that's hard working and dedicated, equipment that runs and a crop to harvest, to name a few.

Above you see our two combines emptying into a bankout wagon, which is essentially a tractor pulling a specialized trailer that's equipped with an auger so it can safely haul the load of grain over the rolling hills to the grain bins. There, the grain will be loaded into a truck for transport (below) or straight into one of our farm's bins for storage.

We still have a couple more weeks of harvest to go. We're doing our best to get orders shipped out in a timely manner, but if you get the voicemail when you call, you'll know we're harvesting.

Great Local Ice Cream Deserves A Great Whole Wheat Waffle Cone

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:12:00 +0000

Spokane, if you haven't checked out Sweet Annie's Artisan Creamery, you're definitely missing out! If you haven't heard of Sweet Annie's, they hand-make ice creams, with the best local ingredients and can deliver them right to your door.

We were so excited when Annie reached out to us and asked us to collaborate with them to develop a Whole Wheat Waffle Cone Mix for their scooping at local farmer's markets and events. We were even more delighted when we were able to meet Annie and Amanda and show them around our farm.

Annie of Sweet Annie's Artisan Creamery with Bill of Joseph's Grainery

We worked with Annie to develop a whole wheat waffle cone that any ice cream lover will thoroughly enjoy. The ingredient we're most excited about is, of course, our Stone Ground Whole White Wheat Pastry Flour made with Soft White Wheat grown on our family farm.

So if you're looking for locally source, small batch, hand-made, life affirming and most importantly, crazy delicious ice cream, you'll definitely want to find their cart at one of the Spokane area farmer's markets.

Sweet Annie's Artisan Creamery - find them at:

Perry Street Market on Thursday Evenings

Fairwood Farmer's Market on Tuesdays

And of course, you will definitely want to check out Sweet Annie's Pints Club for a monthly delivery of crazy-delicious ice cream.

From Our Farm...

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:25:00 +0000

It's time for another update from our farm! The crops are looking great, as you can see below. The heads are fully formed on the wheat and barley and will continue to ripen until we harvest towards the end of next month.

Here you can see the new crop of soft white wheat, as the heads are starting to change color from green to gold.

We're busy making the final preparations for the harvest...tuning up the combines, making sure the tires are ready on the trucks. A few more weeks and we'll be in the fields, bringing in the 2016 harvest!

Breakfast In A Jar

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 15:32:00 +0000

We've shared this recipe for a Breakfast In A Jar before, but thought it would be fun to show you exactly how it's done!

We hope you enjoy this breakfast treat as much as we do!

Farm Update

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Thu, 12 May 2016 21:27:00 +0000

The crops have grown quite a bit since we last shared a Farm Update with you, so we thought you might like to see how the Joseph's Grainery Barley has grown since we last checked in...

It'll continue to grow for another couple of months before we harvest it in late July or early August. Then you'll see barley from this field on the shelves, shipped to your door or even in some local beer come this Fall.

Speaking of local beer, it was great to meet many of you at the Palouse Pint Showcase! For those who didn't get to attend, here are a few photos from the event:

Palouse Pint Showcase

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:35:00 +0000

We're so excited to announce that several Spokane breweries and distilleries now have Palouse Pint Malt made with Joseph's Grainery barley! Palouse Pint is the Inland Northwest's first craft malthouse, and we'd love for you to join us on May 11th at their showcase event...

They'll have brews made with Palouse Pint for you to taste, wonderful food from local chefs and bakers and all the proceeds go to Spokane's 2nd Harvest. It has all the ingredients for a locally grown, good time! Click here to purchase tickets and reserve your spot.

Here's a few links to some of the breweries that will be featured:
Black Label Brewing
Young Buck Brewing
Bellwether Brewing
Perry Street Brewing
more to come...

Local fare by:
Culture Breads
Clover

And for all you home brewers...not to worry, you to can have truly local beer! We'll soon have Palouse Pint Malt available for order right here on our website.

The Barley Is Growing!

noreply@blogger.com (Joseph's Grainery Recipes) — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:18:00 +0000

The Joseph's Grainery Barley has emerged from the ground and we thought you might like to see it!

This barley is some of the first we planted this Spring on April 1st and this is what it looks like today. It won't be harvested until late July/early August. From there it'll be available on the store shelves and online by Fall. If you're in the Spokane area and lucky enough to taste a brew from a brewmaster who uses Palouse Pint malt, you might get to taste this very barley sometime next late Fall/early Winter or beyond.

Spring is a special time around any farm. The miracle of life and growth is evident wherever you look. It's always simply amazing to look at the unhulled barley seeds you see below and watch the fields as they turn into the tiny little plants you see above.