Storing bulk malts

I'm going all grain and I wanna do it big time! The only place that I have to store the stuff is in my garage which is very dry and protected but unheated. If I store the malt in something like a dry water container will the quality be affected at all?

Probably best to store it unmilled....I just keep all of it my basement in old cat litter buckets.

I store mine in those stack-n-store dog food containers. unmilled

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If it were my garage, I would be extra certain that critters couldn't get into the grain. That could be a problem in my garage.

FWIW, I bulk store grain in the basement, in it's original bag, inside another heavy duty plastic bag, inside a plastic bin.

My wife brings me home the apple buckets from the restaurant, food grade 4.4 gallons they work great. I also use 5 gallon buckets from the Tractor supply store nice lids with a heavy rubber o-ring seal in the lid.

Due to lack of space in my townhouse, I store my grains in the garage. I use Vittles Vaults, and the size I have (that I can't remember off the top of my head) fits a 25 kg bag of grain without any issues. I have four of them sitting on Metro Shelving to keep it off the ground.

I also have some other grains in 5 gallon plastic buckets, and the specialty grains I keep in Good Grips clear plastic containers (the ones with the push-button locking lid).

So far, no rodent issues, but I am anal about vacuuming up any grain spills immediately.

I'm more curious about it being in a garage without heat susceptible to winter temps than I am about keeping it dry or rodents. Thoughts?

thrstyunderwater said:

I'm more curious about it being in a garage without heat susceptible to winter temps than I am about keeping it dry or rodents. Thoughts?

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I would think that cold would be better than heat when it comes to storage. Something along the lines of a "cool, dry place"... Some people keep their grains in a fermentation chamber, FWIW.

I wouldn't worry about it.