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Polarian

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Been a while since i have posted !

 

My kit and kilo's ( mostly cooper's kits i must admit ) have been turning out wonderful this year !

 

I am finally ready to start " All Grain Brewing "

 

Especially since i have an idea ......

 

I can get a hold of 2 row barley and 6 row barley really easy now. The problem is that it will be straight from the grower/farmer .....

 

From what i understand it is harvested into the barley " corns " ...

 

What i mean is it is the barley pieces/whole oat looking things , it's not like i'll be grabbing the whole plant if ya know what i mean....

 

The problem is that it will be really fresh barley , as i understand it will not be " malted " , so my question is ...

 

Is it a problem that it is not malted ? , can i just roast it in my oven at home or something ?

 

I understand the malting process is basically " roasting " the barley....

 

ANY tips / suggestions for me please ?

 

also i understand that the farmer that i will be going to also does other types of barley but i havent bothered to ask yet as my research on the internet suggest that i shoudl start with 2-row barley ...

 

thanks guys for any tips ! sorry for such a hard question lol as i dont really know how to ask it lolzor ...

 

feel free to ask me more questions if you don't understand my question :>

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Its a hell of an undertaking for something that only costs about $2.5\\kg.

I just made 1k of crystal and it took the best part of a day your looking at a lot more steps with a lot more grain.

 

Its not impossible though and good luck to you.

Here's a basic article on the subject Malting

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in short malting occurs when the barley has been "harvested" the th enzyme is then added ? i think this may occur on the farm side ....

 

i will find out more info especially now that i know malted barley is NOT roasted barley it is barley that has gone thorugh a " natural process" ??

 

thanks guys ! always the best place for info :> i appreciate it

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  • 3 months later...

I've just put a small batch done starting from raw barley grain. Really just wanted to see if I could make beer from scratch.

 

It took about 3 days to sprout the seeds, then left them for 5 days to gernimate/malt. I was a bit worried because the sprouts weren't as long as they said they would be and it was probably a bit too warm (20-25C instead of 18) where i left them. Once I crushed them and made a nice wort it smelt amazing- delicious malty goodness. So it should hopefully turn out alright.

 

I bought 10kg of the raw unmalted grain but didn't want to ruin it all at once, so did this first go with only 100g and ended up with about 500ml to ferment as a trial. If it turns out ok ill make a proper batch, post some photos.

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Hi Michael

 

Sounds like a neat little experiment you have there. What I would say about it though is i think as home brewers we struggle with consistency as it is without complicating it by malting your own grain. To be a good or great home brewer one must brew with consistency.

 

Good luck with it though

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Hoodles to Polarian

 

I'm certain you've been here long enough to understand there are two types of people on this forum:


  • Those smart-bottomed ones who have a really good grounding and implicitly understand what's it all about, Alfie; and


  • Me, who doesn't understand anything until he has a clear idea behind the reasoning for doing something.

 

I don't want to offend you by suggesting you're in the second (remedial) class, but if you'd like a bit more reading, you can also check out this one. There's several pages to follow on there.

 

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