anyone ever try making an Emmer Beer?

[cowperc]

during a trip to Germany this past fall, i fell in love with Riedenburger's Historisches Emmer Bier ...would LOVE to give a stab at making my own version, once i get a few more batches under my belt (i'm fermenting my second batch right now).

http://www.beerculture.org/2009/04/30/emmer-beer/

 

[MeatyPortion]

Let me know how it goes. I had a bottle in Oberwesel last October. It was delicious.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Hardest part will be finding malted Emmer. I'd wager. Lest you malt your own.

 

[cowperc]

whoah...same time and place I had it! October in Oberwesel. we were staying at Castle Hotel Auf Schönburg.

 

[MeatyPortion]

whoah...same time and place I had it! October in Oberwesel. we were staying at Castle Hotel Auf Schönburg.

Shut the hell up! So was I with my wife! What days? I was there from 4Oct to 8Oct.

 

[cowperc]

Shut the hell up! So was I with my wife! What days? I was there from 4Oct to 8Oct.

nice! i just went back and checked the itinerary, and we were actually there at the end of september -- the 27th-29th. so we missed each other by less than a week!

what a gorgeous place...

and of course, my beer...

 

[MeatyPortion]

That hotel was awesome. I had a great time. Did you go on the Riesling tour?

 

[cowperc]

We didn't tour a winery (we already had plans to tour a Scotch distillery in Scotland a week later) but did take that boat tour down the river to Rüdesheim. passed a million castles and vinyards...it was cool as hell.

That emmer beer was probably my favorite of the entire trip.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Definitely. Did you make it to Oktoberfest in Munich?

 

[cowperc]

yeah man, and it was amazing. i can't WAIT to go back. greatest party i've ever seen...

the whole reason we were there was to tag along with my dad for a couple weeks while he was on sabbatical. while i had a blast in munich with my family, i think it'd be a tad different to go back with friends lol

 

[lower1310]

This thread is a little old, but I have some dehulled emmer, it's not malted but I was planning on doing a cereal mah with it. Any other ideas on how to best use it?

 

[Cascadegan]

This thread is a little old, but I have some dehulled emmer, it's not malted but I was planning on doing a cereal mah with it. Any other ideas on how to best use it?

did you ever end up making this?

also since we are in the same area, care to share where you found emmer?

 

[zgoda]

Steinbach makes emmer malt. I don't know if it's available in US.

http://www.steinbach-malz.de/

 

[Cascadegan]

Steinbach makes emmer malt. I don't know if it's available in US.

http://www.steinbach-malz.de/

Thanks for the tip, I might see if I can get my lhbs to buy a sack

 

[prandlesc]

OK - I konw this is super old (so if you're still following you're in luck), but if you're looking for malted emmer Valley Malt in Hadley, MA - http://valleymalt.com/ - is doing emmer. I'm guessing it's limited quantities, but they're malting it.