• Maltery

    Origin

    en + -malt + ery

    Full definition of maltery

    Noun

    maltery

    (plural malteries)
    1. (rare) A malthouse.
      • 1886, George Henry Thurston, Pittsburgh's Progress, Industries and Resources, 1886, The foregoing represents the malteries whose product is disposed of by sale to brewers having no malteries connected with their breweries.
      • 1991, Ethiopia, new directions of industrial policy, Before the Assela Maltery was completed in 1984, most of the malt used in the breweries had to be imported: in 1983/84 only 20 per cent of the malt used was supplied locally. After the Assela maltery began operations output increased rapidly during the mid-1980s, reaching 11,000 tonnes in FY1988, 110 per cent of nominal installed capacity.
      • 2008, T.N. Khoshoo, Environmental Concerns And Strategics, The fermentation industries comprise of distilleries, breweries and malteries.
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