As every year, checks of malts made under production conditions from the barleys cropped in various regions of the Czech Republic are carried out as part of the project for the assessment of barley crop quality. Bench-scale beers brewed in a trial microbrewery were compared from analytical as well as sensorial points of view, also the effect of particular malts on the course of the technological process was monitored. Sensorial properties were assessed by the VÚPS Praha committee members as well as by the representatives of breweries and malting plants taking part in this project. As it can be seen from the results being compared, no sample showed significant anomalies.Trends towards the equalization of quality of produced malts and beers i...