# The Most Important Ingredient in Whisky Nobody Talks About — David Hannah, Muntons Malt

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Podcast: [Whisky Stories Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/whisky-stories-podcast-6702120)
Published: 2026-04-16T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Anyone who knows the pod will know that we never ignore barley chat. However, we've had Master Blenders, Distillers, Distillery Owners and Founders on the pod, but never had a Maltster. David Hannah is Head of Distillery Sales - Global for Muntons Malt. Basically, it's his job to travel around the world talking to Distillery Managers and selling them malted barley. David said that it might not be the sexiest part of the process, but it's definitely the most important. And we deep dive into the world of malting in this episode. This was a lot of fun to record, David is a keen listener of the pod and we had a few more drams after recording.

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