southpawbrasserie
Active Member
So, to lower costs (due to my future career path and still be able to brew) & to become more involved in the brewing process. I started malting my own grain. I found out that it's almost impossible to find barley in Arkansas, so I decided to start out with malting wheat.
After brewing a successful 100% pale wheat, I wanted to lean into different all wheat styles of brewing. I have malted a range of carawheats, chocolate, biscuit, base malts, Munich and even a roasted wheat. I haven't brewed with these grains yet, but I feel they will work out just fine. So after talking with my LHBS about this project, the owner told me that it's impossible to make these types of malt. I tried to explain to him that I have already malted these, but for some reason he wouldn't hear me out.
Anyway, what is everyone's thoughts? Have you home malted? Have you thought outside the box on it? And any other thoughts?
Last, before someone says i can't do it or it will be too hard due to the mash and stuck sparges. My first batch was a BIAB, which with calculating the recipe (using hopville, the style of grain I was using I had to calculate with barley and 78% efficiency) I was shooting for 1.048, after the brew I hit 1.054. I also have 50 lbs of rice hulls, so I should be good on the stuck sparge area. Thanks!
After brewing a successful 100% pale wheat, I wanted to lean into different all wheat styles of brewing. I have malted a range of carawheats, chocolate, biscuit, base malts, Munich and even a roasted wheat. I haven't brewed with these grains yet, but I feel they will work out just fine. So after talking with my LHBS about this project, the owner told me that it's impossible to make these types of malt. I tried to explain to him that I have already malted these, but for some reason he wouldn't hear me out.
Anyway, what is everyone's thoughts? Have you home malted? Have you thought outside the box on it? And any other thoughts?
Last, before someone says i can't do it or it will be too hard due to the mash and stuck sparges. My first batch was a BIAB, which with calculating the recipe (using hopville, the style of grain I was using I had to calculate with barley and 78% efficiency) I was shooting for 1.048, after the brew I hit 1.054. I also have 50 lbs of rice hulls, so I should be good on the stuck sparge area. Thanks!