Bracconiere Home Made Malt

[bracconiere]

i can't wait to post in "what came in the mail today", and "what are you drinking now"! i've always been to cheap to use that much hops, should be interesting what my 1.5oz's cranked up to 11 tastes like!

 

[hout17]

That looks like some damn fine beer. Awesome @bracconiere and @Sammy86 .

That homemade malt looks like the real deal.

 

[bracconiere]

That homemade malt looks like the real deal.

not necessarily, if i was a pro i would have been able to get that munich closer to the 9L he was expecting, instead of 40L or so....

 

[hout17]

not necessarily, if i was a pro i would have been able to get that munich closer to the 9L he was expecting, instead of 40L or so....

Yeah but bravo still looks great.

 

[bracconiere]

well i'll report back, on @Sammy86 's brewing skill's being better then mine...when i get a bottle! never wanted to be a drug dealer, but maltster?

 

[Nate R]

well i'll report back, on @Sammy86 's brewing skill's being better then mine...when i get a bottle! never wanted to be a drug dealer, but maltster?

In America, first you malt the grains... then you mash the grains... then you get the suds!

 

[bracconiere]

In America, first you malt the grains... then you mash the grains... then you get the suds!

now all i need to do is send someone some malt that live's in PNW with hop plants! too bad grampamark doesn't grow barley......it would be a 100% HBT brew!

 

[day_trippr]

They moved Montana west?

 

[ba-brewer]

I would call the area around Libby PNW, but guessing that is not the best place for wheat. Wheat malts just fine too.

 

[Nate R]

now all i need to do is send someone some malt that live's in PNW with hop plants! too bad grampamark doesn't grow barley......it would be a 100% HBT brew!

Hey... i got 5 on it!!
That is, if my hops come in this year i am happy to ship some out to someone.
I am in Northern Cali. Not PNW.
Year 1 was great, last year they were fried to a crisp! Hopefully this year i will get another few pounds.
Cascade, crystal, columbus
Let me know... harvest is usually oct/ sept but it is gonna be late this year

 

[bracconiere]

Wheat malts just fine too.

might malt fine, but it doesn't have a husk.....i've bought whole wheat, malted it....it's no good....oats malt fine too...even smell fantastic during the boil, but are grassy in the glass....

 

[bracconiere]

That is, if my hops come in this year i am happy to ship some out to someone.

i'd have to send you some malt. you can ship it out to a few select HBT members..... it does say O'Nate's on my bags of barley...lol

 

[hout17]

Love this thread guys keep it up!

 

[JAReeves]

I love this thread. My hops are rolling strong, so maybe in August, we can make a trade, @bracconiere

 

[Sammy86]

Picture update:

still delicious. Will be sending to @bracconiere soon!

 

[bracconiere]

Picture update:

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still delicious. Will be sending to @bracconiere soon!

that looks clear!

 

[Sammy86]

that looks clear!

It's almost completely clear another week and it should be perfect.

 

[bracconiere]

It's almost completely clear another week and it should be perfect.

damn, you've got patience!

 

[Sammy86]

damn, you've got patience!

Time is more like it...I'm so exhausted working two jobs now I can't stay awake long enough to drink!

 

[bracconiere]

Time is more like it...I'm so exhausted working two jobs now I can't stay awake long enough to drink!

 

[bracconiere]

off-topic but....

 

[Sammy86]

Well fellow brewers, we have made our way down to the final 2 gallons of brew. I packaged a gallon and left the final gallon in the keg for consumption this weekend with my sister and her boyfriend. I’ll be shipping out @bracconiere’s beer next week.

He’ll be receiving 2 versions. The Naturally Carbed and the Keg Carbed.

I actually quite enjoy the naturally carbed version…it reminds me of the low British carbonation ales and it goes very well with malt and hop combo in the brew. Anyway, this has been an adventure and I hope Bracc enjoys the beers.

 

[Sammy86]

Beers have been shipped to our good friend @bracconiere Hopefully he'll report back with good news!

 

[Nate R]

@bracconiere ... how'd those bottles taste?? 90 days since the last update!

 

[bracconiere]

@bracconiere ... how'd those bottles taste?? 90 days since the last update!

to be honest with the public, which i'm not sure how to describe properly....my sense of taste has been shot for like 14 years.

they tasted like if you added nutrasweet to water to me unfortunately. nice head retention on the force carbed two, the natural carbed ones were slightly under carbed.

my last sip of the second bottle of force carbed bottles, i got strong taste of roast malt, and i think that's what i was missing the whole time drinking them
maybe someday my sense of taste will return, but that's why i wanted someone else to try the malt! and i'm glad i got to try the beer @Sammy86 brewed!

(even though, probably would have been better in the FotHB trading or something.)

 

[Sammy86]

to be honest with the public, which i'm not sure how to describe properly....my sense of taste has been shot for like 14 years.

they tasted like if you added nutrasweet to water to me unfortunately. nice head retention on the force carbed two, the natural carbed ones were slightly under carbed.

my last sip of the second bottle of force carbed bottles, i got strong taste of roast malt, and i think that's what i was missing the whole time drinking them
maybe someday my sense of taste will return, but that's why i wanted someone else to try the malt! and i'm glad i got to try the beer @Sammy86 brewed!

(even though, probably would have been better in the FotHB trading or something.)

The weird thing is I didn't taste the sweetness I got roastyness most of the time...which I loved!

I used the rest of the Munich @bracconiere sent me on a split 12 gallon batch with lager yeast and Lithuanian farmhouse ale yeast and the beers are fantastic...hopefully getting some out side opinions soon.

I still stand by my original statement that the man malts some delicious grains...maybe we start a HBT Malster LLC and have Bracc lead the project...

EDIT: I still have a few pounds of Crystal that I need to figure out what to do with...

 

[bracconiere]

I got roastyness most of the time...which I loved!

as did i on that one roasty sip..i think my taster is shot. my own beer usually just tastes like, best description rue, when i add dark malt, brick rue.....it's been that way for many years, even before the other thing started.

and that's why i wanted someone else's opinion on the malt...because i got a LOT of ideas on how to get it better, effec wise. but wanted to know if it was worth the effort....i'm like Beethoven....

 

[Sammy86]

as did i on that one roasty sip..i think my taster is shot. my own beer usually just tastes like, best description rue, when i add dark malt, brick rue.....it's been that way for many years, even before the other thing started.

and that's why i wanted someone else's opinion on the malt...because i got a LOT of ideas on how to get it better, effec wise. but wanted to know if it was worth the effort....i'm like Beethoven....

I'm still waiting on some of your beer my friend...although as I posed the question before is your beer really beer if you ferment with wine yeast?

 

[bracconiere]

I'm still waiting on some of your beer my friend...although as I posed the question before is your beer really beer if you ferment with wine yeast?

don't be surprised when you get a package, and say to yourself, hey i remember that box! open it and say "hey, those were the bottles i sent!"

 

[DBhomebrew]

"I'm like Beethoven."