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So far I've only made crystal and a toasted one. I need to do a lot more reading to try and come up with anything else. Apparently the aromatic goes through a couching phase - after you get to green, instead of drying it straight away, put it in an airtight container for 24hrs-36hrs and it will...

I like this setup for bulk malting, simple yet effective and cost efficient too. I already had the food driers and I only do 1 gallon batches anyway so I don't need to malt more than a few kgs at a time. But for higher volume this is ingenious.

Thanks. I'll keep on the look out for more info to get better over time.

Okay. Didn't think about that. I also had some near monsoonal weather the day before I switched over to commercial yeast and two spoiled ferments with mould. Must try that next time. My elderflowers are almost done this year though. I got a bit addicted to the ease of strong commercial strains...

Had a search but didn't find any recent discussions on this. I decided to enter the realm of beer brewing from scratch by malting barley at home as well. I was just curious on how to do it and it's helped me understand the difference between the various speciality and base malts. I'm new to this...

Okay great. I'll make an extra litre of mash for my other brew tomorrow and just pitch this one into that. The gravity is about the same as I'm making a low ABV ale. I've been making elderflower champagne the last few months and while the wild yeasts here are superior flavourwise, very fruity...

I use a pillowcase, (specifically for that only) low tech but I only do less than 1 gallon brews anyway. I don't drink much beer.

So I had some left over wort from my starter I did with commercial yeast this week. About a cups worth, didn't want to pour it down the sink so went outside and grabbed a few coffee berries from my tree. 48hrs later.... Its' hard to tell what's the scent of the yeast and what's the scent of...

Here's my alien growth. After harvesting most of the coffee beans from my tree it only just occurred to me that the berries which I've been composting are probably covered in yeast I could use in my brews. So I boiled up some wort and stuck coffee cherries in it and three days later this is what...