how i make all my own malt

Absinthe · 07-28-2010, 12:31 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOk0cmjdnMM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8PQinJOjsg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-41wQHHi0o

i've malted about 200kg on the floor (not all at once lol about 7kg at a time) and i've done about 70kg in the drum prover. the drum is great as is has just about zero labor compared to floor malting and i get a much better product. the total active labor to malt and kiln 7 kg of grain now is about 10-15mins instead of the hour+ it takes on the floor.

i just steep till i see the chits (about 4 fills of the holey bucket in 48 hours) transfer into the drum and set the timer in about 5 days (or when its modified) i empty the malt into the kiln (i will have an update vid on the kiln as i have done a few improvements on this since i made the vid) and after about 8 hours of kilning shes ready to go

**Pappers_** · 07-28-2010, 01:40 PM

Very interesting, Absinthe! Thanks for sharing the videos. Do you malt your grain because you like to do, to add another layer to your brewing? Or is malted grain difficult/expensive to come by in your neighborhood? Or ?

wyzazz · 07-28-2010, 01:43 PM

So sweet!

Absinthe · 07-28-2010, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Pappers

Very interesting, Absinthe! Thanks for sharing the videos. Do you malt your grain because you like to do, to add another layer to your brewing? Or is malted grain difficult/expensive to come by in your neighborhood? Or ?

mainly its because im crazy.

i love to make everything from scrach myself and not just a once off. hence the fact i make my own yogurt, soap, beer spirits, i blacksmith, grow my own veggies and hops, have chooks and grow quail.

i love the fact that im making what i call "farm house beer" just about every household made their own beer (ok that was 500 years ago, but dont tell anyone that

) and i love the fact that i have my own.

Absinthe · 07-28-2010, 03:16 PM

oh and im cheap cheap cheap so if i can save a buck i will :P (my malt cost about 1/2 what i could buy it for)

and 75% total brewhouse efficiency from homemade malt anit bad if you ask me

**Pappers_** · 07-28-2010, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Absinthe

mainly its because im crazy.

i love to make everything from scrach myself and not just a once off. hence the fact i make my own yogurt, soap, beer spirits, i blacksmith, grow my own veggies and hops, have chooks and grow quail.

i love the fact that im making what i call "farm house beer" just about every household made their own beer (ok that was 500 years ago, but dont tell anyone that

) and i love the fact that i have my own.

That's great, Absinthe - I'm envious!

**BargainFittings** · 07-29-2010, 12:38 AM

Very cool stuff. I'd love to do some blacksmithing in the future.

KCBrewer · 07-29-2010, 01:19 AM

Very cool, and educational (for me anyway). Thanks for posting the vids.

ohad · 07-29-2010, 06:05 PM

wow , great stuff !

It looks like you found relatively simple solutions to home malting.
The laundry-drier-malt-kiln took me by surprise

It got me thinking... both malting and kilning are done in a rotating drum.
So how about designing a single drum malting process ?
a nice design could make home malting possible for many homebrewers.

**BargainFittings** · 07-29-2010, 06:12 PM

ohad,

The trick is you are involving water in the first step. If the heating unit was modular to be removed while doing the malt process it might work out ok.