Beerstein
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I toasted four pounds of oats in the oven for me stout tomorrow.
I toasted four pounds of oats in the oven for me stout tomorrow.
damn, and i just came here to say i put my oat malt (beer?) with frosted flakes in the fridge, so burst carbing won't be hard.....
oat beer is tasty. toasted oats are more tasty
is it about the same effort to malt oats as barley?
it's the exact same, just sprout, dry, kiln....deculm....and maybe i should try some caramel oats now? even better! (i mean they have dark rye, dark wheat? why not oats!!)
There is a commercial product called golden naked oats, which is a crystal malt made with oats. Not sure if it does much to the body for me but I do get a little nutty flavor.
The propaganda says huskless, and I don't recall seeing any on them. The are quite small.if @jcrawford ever takes me up on the offer of buying some 5lb bags to give him samples out of....i'll recomend it to him.....(do they have husks? because i find the husks taste grassy..)
The are quite small.
Cracked open the fermentation chamber/lagering box from @Knightshade to check on the thermometer; I am not running it on a temp controller other than the mini-fridge's internal system.
The Lagering Box is holding at 35F; it has three 5G kegs in it-Flanders Red, Mid-1800's British IPA, and the backup mineral water for the fam.
I can't believe that 4 1/2 years ago, I started with extract + soaked grains on the stove, chilling my wort in an ice-filled sink. Now I have a mini-glycol system for three fermenters, a mini-walk-in that holds three kegs, an all-electric 3V system and a 3-tap keezer.
I know there is an exit to this freakin' rabbit hole somewhere...!
No....there isn't. I did pretty good the 1st 10 years...extract and with grains..kinda staying safe circling the Event Horizon of the brewing Rabbit Super Massive Black Hole. I started doing all grain about 12 years ago and got sucked right in. Nothing escapes from the Black Rabbit Brewing Hole, not even light!!!!! All I ever want now is more stainless steel brewing toys! Nothing else matters... birthdays...Christmas...even Valentine's. Give me brewing money or gift cards . I have about $3000 worth of Astronomy gear and I've seriously entertained the notion of selling it all...gulp...for more brewing equipment. I've got the bunny by the cotton tail and I can't let go !!!!!!Cracked open the fermentation chamber/lagering box from @Knightshade to check on the thermometer; I am not running it on a temp controller other than the mini-fridge's internal system.
The Lagering Box is holding at 35F; it has three 5G kegs in it-Flanders Red, Mid-1800's British IPA, and the backup mineral water for the fam.
I can't believe that 4 1/2 years ago, I started with extract + soaked grains on the stove, chilling my wort in an ice-filled sink. Now I have a mini-glycol system for three fermenters, a mini-walk-in that holds three kegs, an all-electric 3V system and a 3-tap keezer.
I know there is an exit to this freakin' rabbit hole somewhere...!
There is not. You are sucked into The Homebrew matrix!! Welcome to the fold!! BwahahhahaCracked open the fermentation chamber/lagering box from @Knightshade to check on the thermometer; I am not running it on a temp controller other than the mini-fridge's internal system.
The Lagering Box is holding at 35F; it has three 5G kegs in it-Flanders Red, Mid-1800's British IPA, and the backup mineral water for the fam.
I can't believe that 4 1/2 years ago, I started with extract + soaked grains on the stove, chilling my wort in an ice-filled sink. Now I have a mini-glycol system for three fermenters, a mini-walk-in that holds three kegs, an all-electric 3V system and a 3-tap keezer.
I know there is an exit to this freakin' rabbit hole somewhere...!
Beat my head into a wall trying to figure out how I am going to brew this weekend. Surprise! I get to work all day Saturday and have three unexpected family members staying from now until Sunday. The grains for my Stout for the AHA brewday smell soooooo good! The yeast starter is ready.
Curses! Foiled again!
Put the family to work grinding and rinsing, gathering water, etc.Beat my head into a wall trying to figure out how I am going to brew this weekend. Surprise! I get to work all day Saturday and have three unexpected family members staying from now until Sunday. The grains for my Stout for the AHA brewday smell soooooo good! The yeast starter is ready.
Curses! Foiled again!
Did a test run with the new drill on my corona mill. Tried with my old drill and it wasn't up to the task but the new one worked really well. This will really help my poor arms!
And I have a bad back! Mostly do 1-3 gallon batches so it isn't that bad, but I am doing more and more 4-5 gallon batches now and I just couldn't take the cranking anymore.man, the fact i just had to imagine you milling by hand is going to haunt me tonight while i'm sleeping! (should be interesting, all night cracking a mill...waking up saying WTF was that...)
And I have a bad back! Mostly do 1-3 gallon batches so it isn't that bad, but I am doing more and more 4-5 gallon batches now and I just couldn't take the cranking anymore.
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