Drying grain

[gibo]

Hi me again, I am trying to make. my own base malt but drying is a problem, I have put together a box with mesh trays in and just wondering your thoughts on putting a small dehumidifier in ,

 

[camonick]

@bracconiere is your man for home malting

 

[RM-MN]

For drying your grain heat is your friend right up until it isn't. Evaporation is a cooling event and will slow if you don't provide the heat to keep the temperature up. Then you need to monitor the temp so it doesn't get high enough to destroy the enzymes needed for conversion.

 

[gibo]

For drying your grain heat is your friend right up until it isn't. Evaporation is a cooling event and will slow if you don't provide the heat to keep the temperature up. Then you need to monitor the temp so it doesn't get high enough to destroy the enzymes needed for conversion.

I tried putting a small haeter in the box but it made the grain go moldy,

 

[bracconiere]

Hi me again, I am trying to make. my own base malt but drying is a problem, I have put together a box with mesh trays in and just wondering your thoughts on putting a small dehumidifier in ,

i ended up going to a 6 rack system, but this still worked for a 20lb batch of malt....only takes a day to dry it sufficiently for kilning......after 24 hours, it should be firm to a squeeze....as dry as it needs to be to go in the oven....


(and if you're getting mold, i'd guess you're soaking to long, i get bacterial funk if i soak more then a couple hours)

@bracconiere is your man for home malting

thanks for making me feel useful! lol, now back to goofing off!

 

[gibo]

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i ended up going to a 6 rack system, but this still worked for a 20lb batch of malt....only takes a day to dry it sufficiently for kilning......after 24 hours, it should be firm to a squeeze....as dry as it needs to be to go in the oven....


(and if you're getting mold, i'd guess you're soaking to long, i get bacterial funk if i soak more then a couple hours)





thanks for making me feel useful! lol, now back to goofing off!

Thanks bracconiere is that a heat fan in the photo

 

[gibo]

This is my setup

 

[RM-MN]

I tried putting a small haeter in the box but it made the grain go moldy,

Do you have good airflow through the box? The heater is to lower the relative humidity of the air but if it doesn't circulate the air simply becomes saturated but at a higher temperature which makes the mold grow faster.

 

[bracconiere]

Thanks bracconiere is that a heat fan in the photo

no just a box fan, cool dry air.....mold like humidty i'd guess that's why you're having problems with your sealed enviroment......heat, wet air=mold.....just a steady stream of cool fresh air blown over it, will dry it in a day, no mold.....(heat would actually probably reduce your enzyme activy during mash if the enzymes are still mobile)