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Aubie Stout

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Question:

Are millet, milo, quinoa, buckwheat, armaranth, etc, acceptable as stand alone base malts? I wanted to make sure they have enough diastatic power to convert themselves w/o having to add something. The plan is to malt 5 or 10 lbs of each of the different grains and use them to make a SMASH. Also, I have never tried to figure manually my OG (Beersmith makes me lazy). If my system has a given eff of 70%, what would my OG's be with the different grains as base malts?


The malting process is a little up in the air right now, but I'll figure that out later! :):)


Thanks,
 
Darn good questions!

Here are two good places to start, might help you with the process at least:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f164/im-malting-away-gluten-free-sorghum-30036/

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f164/malting-gluten-free-grains-135919/

Are you going to do a decoction? Most of the home malted grains aren't 100% modified, at least mine weren't, but I guess it depends on how much you regulate the malting process. I plan to get back into the malting aspect once tax season is over, I have a whole bucket of sorghum just waiting!
 
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