first time malt
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- Bootlegger
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first time malt
Got my grains today dont want to mess up if you guys could help.goin to use 10lbs crcked corn 2 lbs rye 2 lbs barley. Plans are to do as grayson said with cooler do I need to girnd rye and barley and corn? one or all? and do I need to go get some iodine?6 row barley malted is what I bought and flaked rye.
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Your corn is already cracked. I always grind my malt in a coffee grinder. I've never used rye yet, but I would think if it's flaked it shouldn't need any more grinding. I've never done the iodine test, but it's probably not a bad idea at least for the first couple of times you do a mash. Uncle Jesse rye mash recipe shows you the method.
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- Master of Distillation
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No not at all I like to add more then most I guess what little I do grains.Last grain i did was a blended rye . Used 50 50 rye and rye malt in 1 run 50 corn 50 rye malt in another all rye malt in a 3rd and then sugared down all the grain from all the runs and and made 1 run .For me anyway when doing a malted grain run it seems to take more grain then the unmalted to get same amount of brew.
I use a pot still.Sometimes with a thumper
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Grind all grain if not allready done like flaked rye I like corn where each kernal is in about 8 pecies or so size malt ive rough to fairly fine ground. Put all grain but malted in cooler .Pour boiling water over grain cover and stir ever so often till temp drops to 150 then stir in malt cover and stir ever so often.Give it time to cool on its own to 80 or so degrees f. Check for conversion but if your doing a on grain fermint it will continue to convert a bit during fermition.As to amount of product when doing mashes like this i figure 1/2 weight grain will convert .If it turns out to be bit more as it usally does. Just makes me grin bigger . hope this helps
I use a pot still.Sometimes with a thumper
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- Bootlegger
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Going to try this tonight If my neice is better she,s been dying to grind something. I offerd her 5 bucks to grind it but she said she thought 2cents would be better I got some iodine and all my grains think Ill do some reading today then attempt tonight.Thanks for yalls help!
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Southern rednecks never fail to make me laugh! And DAMN,shes cheap to boot!sherriff Buffoerd pusser wrote:Going to try this tonight If my neice is better she,s been dying to grind something. I offerd her 5 bucks to grind it but she said she thought 2cents would be better
Just razzin ya!
Im sure your neice is a very nice and sweet girl.
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