AZbrewer1
Active Member
Well this is my first post guys so bear with me here.
many years ago, when i was a lot younger, i thoought about getting into brewing beer and , ewll, discarded the notion as too hard. Now, for various reasons, i am back and serious about trying it. after a LOT of research on the web, i decided to try not only brewing but malting my own grain.
I had to order 5lbs of organic barley seed from amazon( none of the local feed stores carry it and so far none are willing to order it either) soi i do not know if it is 6-row or 2-row barley. at this moment i have all 5lbs of it in pans on the kitchen table, and from what i can tell it is sprouting wonderously, only been there about 24hrs and already rootlest are about 1/2 inch long and seems to be damn near 100% of them doing this. I am building a kiln this aftermnoon with my father in law out of OSB, a computer fan and a chick light used to keep chicks warm. from what i can tell, i should be able to get about 2.5 to 3 gallons of brew out of this grain. Does that sound about right to you guys? i am still having a bit of trouble determining how much water to sparge with, any help there would be most appreciated. I do not plan on making any crystal grain out of this:just going to brew with the pale malt i end up with after kilning. i also ordered 2 oz of glacier pellet hops, 5.6%AA and 8.7%BA. I am also still kind of in the dark about how much of this to use to make a VERY mild bitter taste in the brew ( my wife wants a small amount done with no hops, so am only going to hop abouy 75% of the wort in the boil. i know i am starting off the hard way, going all grain instead of extract first, but i like the idea of the challenge, not to mention it is actually cheaper to order the grain than get the extract(which is not available anywhere in my area) any suggestions and help for this utter noob would be appreciated. oh yeah, i am wondering since i am using muntons dry ale yeast, what kind of ale would this be considered?
many years ago, when i was a lot younger, i thoought about getting into brewing beer and , ewll, discarded the notion as too hard. Now, for various reasons, i am back and serious about trying it. after a LOT of research on the web, i decided to try not only brewing but malting my own grain.
I had to order 5lbs of organic barley seed from amazon( none of the local feed stores carry it and so far none are willing to order it either) soi i do not know if it is 6-row or 2-row barley. at this moment i have all 5lbs of it in pans on the kitchen table, and from what i can tell it is sprouting wonderously, only been there about 24hrs and already rootlest are about 1/2 inch long and seems to be damn near 100% of them doing this. I am building a kiln this aftermnoon with my father in law out of OSB, a computer fan and a chick light used to keep chicks warm. from what i can tell, i should be able to get about 2.5 to 3 gallons of brew out of this grain. Does that sound about right to you guys? i am still having a bit of trouble determining how much water to sparge with, any help there would be most appreciated. I do not plan on making any crystal grain out of this:just going to brew with the pale malt i end up with after kilning. i also ordered 2 oz of glacier pellet hops, 5.6%AA and 8.7%BA. I am also still kind of in the dark about how much of this to use to make a VERY mild bitter taste in the brew ( my wife wants a small amount done with no hops, so am only going to hop abouy 75% of the wort in the boil. i know i am starting off the hard way, going all grain instead of extract first, but i like the idea of the challenge, not to mention it is actually cheaper to order the grain than get the extract(which is not available anywhere in my area) any suggestions and help for this utter noob would be appreciated. oh yeah, i am wondering since i am using muntons dry ale yeast, what kind of ale would this be considered?