Saturday, 18 January 2014

Making Malt

I've now started being trained up in the pilot maltings at work. Which is good as I now have new toys to play with.

The first stage, screening the grains for size and clearing out stray bits of straw was fun:


Most of the process takes place in the steeping and germination vessel:




 The steeping and germination vessel wins for shinyness but doesn't move as fast.


The grains will get three steeps, with air rests in between so the grains don't drown. During the germination stage the drum will rotate to stop the rootlets tangling. Kilning next...


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5 comments:

  1. Bob20 January 2014 at 15:44

    That's pretty cool! What kinds of malt are you planning to produce...?

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  2. Ed21 January 2014 at 21:31

    This one's going to go down various routes and I think will end up as ale, munich, crystal and chocolate malt.

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  3. Bob25 February 2014 at 18:20

    Cool. No plans to try and recreate some sort of a diastatic brown malt...?

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  4. Ed25 February 2014 at 18:23

    I hope to have my first attempt at that next week!

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  5. Bob27 February 2014 at 10:49

    Oooo, excellent! Please let us all know how it goes and if you find yourself with a few spare kilos... ;-)

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