what is in my 2row?

[InityBrew]

Got my grains from a new supplier yesterday and I just mashed in

Consists of 2 row and a lb of aromatic malt..

What are these little rice looking things?

 

[Erroneous]

Maybe the maltster let them malt a bit too long and those are baby barley plants. Can't tell very well from the forum phone app.

 

[BronxBrew]

Looks like sprouts.

 

[InityBrew]

Sorry.. camphone pic.

Will they affect my mash / flavor at all? There seems to be a good amount of them, mostly floating on top

Attached is a better on... Hopefully.

 

[InityBrew]

I have been searching the internet after you mentioned sprouts, and I think that they are rootlets..?

Anyways I am 30 minutes into my mash (iipa consisting of 2 row and aromatic)

Should I scoop them out, or just relax?

There is a thin layer floating on top of my mash

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

Relax, my last batch looked the same and everything went fine

 

[InityBrew]

Yep. Nothing I can do now.

After strirring the mash I noticed that there is a good amount of them in there.. hopefully it doesn't affect my efficiency to bad.

 

[944play]

Looks like sprouts.

Acrospire?

 

[BigEd]

Acrospire?

Ding, ding, ding we have a winner.

 

[captainL]

Taste them...

 

[InityBrew]

I did. Tasted like nothing..

Ended up with less efficiency than I should have, but it was a successful brew day. Hit my 1.089 after a 1.75 hour boil.. only ended up with 4.75 gallons in the fermentor

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

I did. Tasted like nothing..

Ended up with less efficiency than I should have, but it was a successful brew day. Hit my 1.089 after a 1.75 hour boil.. only ended up with 4.75 gallons in the fermentor

Dang an almost 2 hr boil. I have never went that long.

 

[jk025]

The same thing happened in one of my mash's that I did the other day. My efficiency also seemed to suffer from previous batches of the same recipe

 

[InityBrew]

Yea.. it was my longest brew day to date.

On a positive note.. the beer was fermenting within 1 hour. Quickest start I've ever had.