Home roasting grain

**EO74** · 03-11-2010, 01:04 AM

I have started to buy grain in bulk and i love the idea of roasting my own which would mean buying less specialty grains,less trips to the not so local hbs,and home into my homebrew.Does anyone roast on a regular basis and have good success with it ? I love the idea of being almost completly self suffecent.

avidhomebrewer · 03-11-2010, 03:01 AM

I've roasted several types of grain already. Check out this site for advice, or Google some other sites. After you roast your malt, let it 'mellow' for a few weeks in a bag that is open. If you use it right after roasting, it will be rather harsh and taste bad.

SuperBreeze · 03-11-2010, 02:36 PM

I have tried it once, it definitely was not that difficult.

Here is the website that I used, its got a lot of information on it.

Hugh_Jass · 03-11-2010, 02:44 PM

You can also try this site

**EO74** · 03-11-2010, 08:31 PM

i just finihed 2# vienna to try ed worts haus ale so we'll see.I also roasted some biscut do you really have to wait a week???Thanks for the links guys!!!

jjones17 · 03-13-2010, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugh_Jass

You can also try this site

Holy S&$# that website is awesome! I have been looking for exactly this information for a while. Dang, I just ordered 4 lbs of crystal

Oh well, hopefully this is my last crystal order - Time to make my own!

Hugh_Jass · 03-13-2010, 08:46 PM

For making Crystal, I think Laughing Gnome Invisible also has some instruction on how to make home made crystal.

Cheers!

jjones17 · 03-14-2010, 05:13 PM

So because of this thread, I tried roasting some grain and making some crystal last night. I mashed my crystal in 155F water for a few hours, just left it sit. By the time I took it out, it has saturated and I figured conversion was complete. Then, I put the 1 lb of converted grains in 2 sheet pans into my oven. Instructions said 250F for 2 hours until dry, so I set my automatic oven for 2.5 hours and went to bed.

This morning, the grains were all crunchy but not burned, and they are TASTY. Definitely very crunchy, they are like little candies which is, I assume, what we are looking for. The lovibond is darker than I expected. I bit one in half, and did the same with my store bought crystal 90L, and 40L. My home made is much darker than the 40L, but not nearly as dark as the 90L. Those differences in Lovibond must be large even though the number difference is small. I am definitely stoked to try this crystal out! Maybe in a nice ESB? Or perhaps a roasty IPA?

**EO74** · 03-16-2010, 02:56 AM

Sounds good ,i've done victory and a crystal 10L.My plan is to buy in bulk and try todo most of the grains myself,sorta like a smash recipe

let me know how yours turns out!!

jjones17 · 03-16-2010, 09:22 PM

I ended up roasting some more off, so now I have a 65L, an 85L, and a 105L.... approximately of course.

I brewed up an IPA yesterday, featuring special B and I added some of the Pale Gold homeroast (10L), and some of the homemade 65L. It smells great!