Our Origin Story

In 1995, a father and son took to their backyard shed in Champlain, New York, with the goal of supplying the homebrew community with malt products. With six bags of grain, a homebrew grist mill, a cargo van and zero customers, North Country Malt was founded. The company has grown and evolved over the past few decades and is now known as Country Malt Group. Over the past more than 25 years our humble beginnings have kept us rooted in our love of serving and supporting the craft beverage community.  

Evolution of the Company 

We now operate 13 distribution centers, located thoughtfully across North America, that provide our valued customers with the best service, accessibility and products. We’ve grown to supply an extensive portfolio of brewing and distilling products, partnering with vendors across the globe to provide you with a one-stop-shop experience.

Proud Member of the Soufflet Malt Family

In 2023, Country Malt Group became part of Soufflet Malt, the world’s largest malting company. This partnership unites us with other esteemed Soufflet Malt brands across the globe, enabling us to leverage unparalleled expertise and an extensive supply chain to benefit growers, brewers, distillers, and beyond. Together, we’re building a more sustainable and resilient malt ecosystem.

Through this collaboration, we’re thrilled to provide brewers and distillers with greater access to premium ingredients, a stronger connection to the global malt community, and centuries of malting expertise. As a dedicated member of this global family, Country Malt Group proudly serves as the exclusive supplier of Great Western Malting and Canada Malting Co. products for North American craft brewers and distillers, ensuring excellence in every batch.

Our Mission

At Country Malt Group, our mission is to inspire your best craft. This means creating the best customer experience and making it easy to do business with us so you can focus on making delicious craft beers, whisky, seltzer, cider and more. Our sales and support staff have more than 200 years of combined craft beverage experience and are available as a resource to share their knowledge, expertise, and passion.  

As a North American−based distribution company, we’re committed to bringing you a range of products, a high level of service, and competitive pricing at a distribution center near you. We also have global distribution partners in nine countries to serve international craft beverage makers. We’re never more than a phone call, or click, away from your brewery, brewpub, distillery, or cidery. 

Vendor Selection

We aim to be your preferred supplier, carefully selecting vendors to offer a wide range of products that meet all your production needs. We take pride in partnering with vendors that align with our company values, provide value to our customers and, above all, offer quality products.