Yes I have a long time ago, but yes they malt there own barley using the floor malting method. If you look at my Traditional Orkney Ale thread it explains a old traditional style of malting barley.
Orkney is a small place with only 20 000 population but we still have two comercial breweries...
This recipe is actually a combination of some traditional Orkney recipes and Fraoch (heather ale). This is a full mash recipe as you dont get extract bere malt, but light LME would be ok but obviously will have a different flavour. Bere malt is a type of early barley grown in the Northern Isles...
Incase folk are wondering, the reason for using the Scottish ale yeast is that I was going to put on a Fraoch (Heather Ale) but found that I dont have the time and energy to go out picking heather so will try a stout instead.
Hi,
I have been brewing using kits and extract for a few years and have recently progressed to using extract and steeping grains, I look froward to having the space to progress further to full mash brewing.
Since I have been browsing these Home brew forums for some time I thought it was...
Malt
8lbs LME
9oz Light Crystal Malt
Hops
1oz Northern Brewer 60 mins
.5oz EKG 30 mins
.25oz EKG 15 mins
.25oz EKG 05 mins
.5oz Cascade for dry hopping after Primary has finnished