Home brewing with home-malted barley without shaking out the chits?

[bracconiere]

Yes. I get one of those fans. You think using a box fan like this will dry the Malt? Don't I need a heat source to go wit it?

That's what i use..takes about 24 hours of air flow, then they are ready to be kilned at 150-170f depending on what kind of base malt your after...If your oven goes down to 122f on it's own your set! mine only went down to 170f, which after testing actually was 205f....Still made good beer, but dark...

before i knew malt had to be kilned it tasted like 'animal feed'...(which it was, and i gave up...then got back into it, and started kilning, now i like the taste of my homemalt better then store bought.)

I get good conversion this way with 20lb's getting me a ~1.060 10 gal OG...

edit: actually heat is bad for drying green malt, because you need to lock up the enzymes so they don't denature when kilning...

 

[bracconiere]

 

[Moezart]

That's what i use..takes about 24 hours of air flow, then they are ready to be kilned at 150-170f depending on what kind of base malt your after...If your oven goes down to 122f on it's own your set! mine only went down to 170f, which after testing actually was 205f....Still made good beer, but dark...

before i knew malt had to be kilned it tasted like 'animal feed'...(which it was, and i gave up...then got back into it, and started kilning, now i like the taste of my homemalt better then store bought.)

I get good conversion this way with 20lb's getting me a ~1.060 10 gal OG...

edit: actually heat is bad for drying green malt, because you need to lock up the enzymes so they don't denature when kilning...

Good to know!!! Hmm now you got me thinking. I am definitely going to revise my next malting... Il
I already have the barley, I am just going to approach a bit differently this time!
Thanks man!

 

[bracconiere]

Good to know!!! Hmm now you got me thinking. I am definitely going to revise my next malting... Il
I already have the barley, I am just going to approach a bit differently this time!
Thanks man!

Glad i/we could help!

 

[jssehart]

I just learned something! SMB, are you talking about sodium metabisulfite, or stump remover? damn i lost a batch to that crap trying to remove the chlorine from the beer, that i added to the malting tub water....trying to prevent bacterial growth in it...i found shorter soaks and, more breathing works a LOT better!

to the OP, don't listen to them when they say soak for 8 hours or overnight....i get rotten grains every time, just soak for about an hour or two, till the grains are wet...give them lots of air, and a quick 15 min soak every day after, till their ready to dry....i'm not sure if that's off topic?

I only soak once for 20 30 minutes in warm water then fluff and spray with water to keep moist until sprouts are at proper length
Then dry and kiln before grinding

 

[bracconiere]

I only soak once for 20 30 minutes in warm water then fluff and spray with water to keep moist until sprouts are at proper length
Then dry and kiln before grinding

Welcome fellow malter!

about what i do too....i give it an hour or two soak though.....

 

[Moezart]

Chiting is the beginning of the growth of both the acrospire and the rootlets. I've actually added hydrogen peroxide and SMB to the water not only to get rid of chlorine but to oxygenate the water for this stage. It made a big difference in the germination rate and rate of growth.

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HI,
I am really interested in trying hydrogen peroxide for my next batch. Do you have an idea on how much of it I should use? And should it be added to the water every steeping phase or just the initial one?
Thanks a lot.

 

[Nanuk-O-Dah-Nort]

has anyone tried Starsan in the water?

 

[Nanuk-O-Dah-Nort]

Here's another thought
can the berries be germinated in a rotating drum? the idea is to pour the saturated berries in the drum, and let the drum turn them over/over/over.
Misting could be done if needed.
an old electric dryer would work, turning off the heat and fan until sprouted to correct length, then add air, and a bit of heat to dry.