malting update

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:04 pm

I got the corn to malt had really good luck with it .I have pics i was going to post of the process but for some reason i cant get them to load on the form.took a couple of my rig to wanted to put them on to. if anyone can help me i sure would appreciate it.

pothead · Post by **pothead** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:24 pm

Post the pics to a different site, like imageshack or somewhere, then use the [img]link%20to%20your%20pic[/img]

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:05 pm

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this is not really the way i wanted to do this but maybe you can get the idea sorry about the dark pics.the whole porcess took about 6 days i just put the grain in a paper grain sack buired it in about three foot of oak leaves. ever day i put warm water over the bag i think 75 to 80%of the corn sprouted then i just layed it out to dry .back to the weight i started with. this was my first attempt at this .it was a little work but i enjoyed it. and it can be done without alot of equipmemt hope it s not to boring.

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:39 pm

thanks guys for helping me with the pics

Don Ventura · Post by **Don Ventura** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:29 pm

Thats good sh!t copper. Now how do you intend to clean those sprouts off, or are you going to mill it green?

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copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:54 am

put the corn in a sack after it dyrs give it a good beating over a tree give it a shaking in a seive i have read the sprouts will come out thru the seive this is the first time i have did this.if any body knows a better way let me know.thanks

furball · Post by **furball** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:09 am

When I did the malting of the barley, I placed them in the dehydrator and when they were bone dry I rubbed the grains between my hands to knock off the stems and rootlets. After that I put them on some window screen and shook them through for the most part. After that I pulled the whole thing up into a mound and scooped by hand to put into my containers until I was ready to use. The whole process from the time I removed from the dehydrator to getting them into the container was about 1/2 hour. That was for about 10lbs of grain.

Furball

mat · Post by **mat** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:55 am

A certainn homebrewing book suggests putting malt in a pillow case and throwing it a clothing dryer on cold. Rumor has it thats a messy procedure. I saw on the internet 2 guys used a paint mixer on a hand drill to knock the rootlets off malt sitting in a bucket. to seperate knocked off rootlets just pour between two buckets in the wind. Just some ideas. I malted 10 pounds of barley awhile ago and knocking the rootlets off by hand was long and tedious.

Uncle Remus · Post by **Uncle Remus** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:20 am

I've never tried malting I've always bought my malt. Why do you need to worry about knocking the rootlet off? Couldn't you just dry it and grind it and use it?

Swag · Post by **Swag** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:35 am

Uncle Remus wrote:I've never tried malting I've always bought my malt. Why do you need to worry about knocking the rootlet off? Couldn't you just dry it and grind it and use it?

No, because if you leave it on it becomes the root of your problem.

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:47 pm

I put the grain a sack banged it over a tree to knock the roolets off . i then put the grain in a minnow net .new net never used it to catch minnows. i then beat the grain over the ramp going to my shop.the roolets came of thru the net along with the husk or most of the husk anyway.now if i had a friend that let me use his mill i would have it tater where you at lol.

i have one odered just ant back yet.

TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY · Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:00 pm

Ive' been known to use an old sausage grinder with a little crisco applied to the surface between the blade and the main housing (to prevent metal chewing) if you have one around. Gotta reapply the crisco about every 3#'s.

It works pretty good.

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:30 pm

thanks hillbilly my wife has a brand new food processer ive been thinking but it mite get me beet lol.

stil_chillin · Post by **stil_chillin** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:54 pm

no guts no glory

Post by **Tater** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:31 pm

Come and get it copperhead

Grinder is slow but sure

knuklehead · Post by **knuklehead** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:57 pm

tater wrote:Come and get it copperhead Grinder is slow but sure

But at least yours has a motor to do the work for you. I use 100% pure elbow grease, lol. Grinding barley is no big deal, it's a one handed watching TV job. The other day my wife came over and said let me try as she proceeded to do a little grinding and said, this is easy. Next time I am going to have her grind rye for me

and we'll see if she still thinks so.

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:01 am

and then there's the rye...

I recently got an Automatic mill, aka Barley Crusher, probably other names too. Nice well built grinder. I was running it with a drill and powering through the barley. It'll grind FAST! I tried grinding rye next and it jammed up and caused the whole grinder and hopper assembly to spin on the end of the drill. When the rye stopped raining down...

love that learning curve...