KingBrianI
Well-Known Member
So I'm sure this is an old idea and several people have tried it but I wasn't able to turn up anything searching. My recent foray into the world of toasting malt has piqued my interest in creating a variety of specialty grains to be used in a beer.
For example, I'd like to make my own crystal (perhaps of various darkness levels) and several toasted varieties using different temps and times to achieve different characters, as well as using both soaked and dry grains. These could then be used by themselves in order to create a beer.
It would be exceedingly interesting to see what kind of malts I could replicate and then attempt recipes with both homemade and store bought grains to compare.
Does anyone have any experience with this? If there is enough interest, we could even do a swap. Say we set a style like American Amber or English Bitter, something that would showcase the malt, and then all brew up our own versions and swap them. Could be fun.
For example, I'd like to make my own crystal (perhaps of various darkness levels) and several toasted varieties using different temps and times to achieve different characters, as well as using both soaked and dry grains. These could then be used by themselves in order to create a beer.
It would be exceedingly interesting to see what kind of malts I could replicate and then attempt recipes with both homemade and store bought grains to compare.
Does anyone have any experience with this? If there is enough interest, we could even do a swap. Say we set a style like American Amber or English Bitter, something that would showcase the malt, and then all brew up our own versions and swap them. Could be fun.