I have a 50lb of 2 row malted barley in the garage and it's 26F right now. Am I damaging the malt in any way?
2 Row malt in sub freezing temps
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Myrdhyn
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Is this actually true? Does it mean I could buy full sack (or two) of basemalt and store it in my enormous chest freezer provided SWMBO goes for it?
springer
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wont hurt the malt at all . It will stay fresher longer and you will kill off any weevils and their eggs .I have about 250lbs in my unheated detached garage right now it was 22° last night
remilard
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You would be much better off storing your beer cold than your malt cold.
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Dang, no cries of pain at dough in
Mine cry out when they go through the crusher. Nothing like getting a little medieval on those suckers!
Myrdhyn
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Heh, unfortunately, that's TOO cold for beer, and I can't warm it up b/c it also has a ton of meat in it, but it would be a perfect, out of the way place to store malt.
I had to ask because I had always heard to keep it out of the fridge/freezer due to moisture, surely that just meant fridge though.
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