freezing malt

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:37 am

I am malting 50lb of corn if i dont use it all should I freeze it before its is ground or after. or can it froze at all. i want to start a sour mash whiskey with the malted corn oats and rye.what is the best way to keep it freash.other than haveing to malt 10 to 15 lb for every batch.

Bujapat · Post by **Bujapat** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:45 am

Don't know about freezin' malt... But wouldn't you dry it in place than freeze it? Never malted grain myself, but what I buy is dried.

furball · Post by **furball** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:43 am

When I malted my barley I placed it into the dehydrator and dried it. I stored it in some glass jars for a few days then ground it. After grinding I placed it back into the glass jars until I was ready to use it a week later.
Freezing should be okay for a while.

Furball

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Thu May 11, 2006 1:54 pm

I ment after it was dried. this is corn i got from a local farmer last fall just want to get it malted before it gets to old to sprout. right now it really works great.I have about 100 more lb to malt i just want to make sure it stays freash.barley is scares as hens theeth around here or i would use it for malt.shipping will rob the bank on grain.

knuklehead · Post by **knuklehead** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:22 pm

I'd suggest to just dry it and grind it just before you use it. Should stay fresh longer that way.

copperhead · Post by **copperhead** » Fri May 12, 2006 1:26 am

thanks knuckelhead