Amalyse???

[scotty]

Im getting redy to experiment with a wash that i make from horse feed. I feel that it will give me some more expeience before i go back to trying to make irish whiskey.

Im thinking about the mashing of the horse feed. Because it is horse feed i will aaume than none of the grains in the mix are malted.
If i understand correctly, a malted barley will have enough enzymes in it to do the starch conversion during a proper mashing.
I also know that the mox contains oats, barley, corn, and soy bean meal in adition to the molases used to flavor it.

I'm wonderin if this sort of mash base will benefit from the addition of the enzymes since none of the components are mashed???

I'm preparing to buy some alpha and gluco amalyse if needed or usefull in any way.

Are beta amalyse and gluco amalayse the same thing???

[guillermo]

Check out this link:http://www.milehidistilling.com/additives_s/26.htm
There are descriptions there of the alpha-amylase and gluco-amylase enzymes that explain the difference between the two. You can use them for starch conversion in place of malted barley.

[Hawke]

Yes, Gluco and Beta are the same thing.

[scotty]

Check out this link:http://www.milehidistilling.com/additives_s/26.htm
There are descriptions there of the alpha-amylase and gluco-amylase enzymes that explain the difference between the two. You can use them for starch conversion in place of malted barley.

i was thinking that. thanks.
i have had them both on my next order for some time but wasnt sure that they would be what i wanted.

[scotty]

Yes, Gluco and Beta are the same thing.

thats what i was wishing. i read about both and it seemed to be but wasnt sure.

Thanks H.

[FeralPig]

You could just buy 2 pounds of malted and milled barely from the brew shop and that will give more than enough enzymes to convert the un-malted grains.

[Dnderhead]

if you use malted barley you should use as10-20% of grain bill.

[scotty]

if you use malted barley you should use as10-20% of grain bill.

the grain shop fow malts is 80 miles away and the feed store is only 7.

soi guess i will order the amalyse for the horse feed runs and eventuall drive to the grain supplyer when i'm ready to try irish whiskey again..

Thanks all for replys