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thanks guys i really appreciate all your time and input!

hahahah did i mention im a spook.. bruh.. i waterboarded the **** out of those grains... XD

damn its been in the oven already like 5 hrs.. the bottom rack is around 120F the top rack is barely getting heat the thermometer doesnt even register. if i leave the oven door open the hottest the grains seem to get and only on the bottom rack is about 120F . The enzymes denature at 170F...

yeah my oven only goes as low as 170 also.. with the door open the thermometer goes up to about 120F on the trays closest to the heating element. the upper trays dont seem to be getting much heat at all. you only keep it at 12 hrs on this temp ? i thought i read around 20 hrs for kilning pilsen...

yeah the husks seem to have come off.. I think what you are looking at is abused grains hahaha.. some kernels have husks and some dont.. maybe i beat up the grain too much during the soak. i was moving it around in the pot while steeping alot and i rinsed and swirled in the pot countless times (...

im just gonna kiln it now in the open oven.. otherwise it will just rot i think..

yeah the grains smell slightly sour now... not spoiled or rotten but just slightly soured.. and they are kinda sticky.. you think maybe that accidental 30 min of kinda hot water gelatinized the grain ? if I brew with this grain will beer be a sour beer ? haha this is so fun and interesting...

how do I tell if the husk is there? there were husks floating in the steep water from some of the broken grains.. if it was dehusked no husks should be present right ? the grains smell a little sour now.. not bad. still smell kinda good. you think i should just try to brew with it and see what...

hmm I dont think its dehusked.. some of the husks were floating in the water.. hmm im not sure. I was malting about 11lbs of dry barley. I used it last time without rice hulls. I dont think I sparged it at all.. I just did a triple decoction and then strained the wort at the end. I might have...

it sprouted really well when I first got it.. I think maybe I drowned it... its starting to smell a little sour and the fruit flys are gathering. XD

thanks man I really appreciate the input! I read somewhere that decocting the mash is good for undermodified grain. is that because cooking them exposes the starch more easily to the enzymes in the wort ?

So I've been malting my organic animal feed barley for about 5 days now and it seems to have stopped growing. I soaked it the 1st day for about 8 hrs then waited about 16 hrs and soaked it again for another 8 hrs and then waited 16 hrs and on the 3rd day I soaked for about 5 hrs.. but it seems...