BrewingWisdom
Well-Known Member
Hi fellow brewers
Where I live there is no such thing as DME or LME exists. So I had to start from scratch but the good thing there is lot of learning and knowledge grasping here.
1)First cleaned the wheat grains three times and removed stones, dust and other sediments.
2) Then I soaked them for 8 hours in a cooking pot I have at home(2 intervals)
3) Then I spread then on a newspaper and trays and kept them moist.
4) After 4-5 days the germination was completed with a reasonable uniformity.
5) I sun dried it for two days.
6) Rubbed the grain in between hands to remove the chits. Filtered the grains through sieve and I was left with malted grains without chits.
7)Put them in a microwave oven for 2 minutes to get the moisture out and to crisp them a little.
8) Grinded the malted grain coarsely in a spice blender.
9)Finally packed the crushed malt in a zip lock plastic bag for storage.
What's missing?
I've noticed that there was a issue with germination uniformity. The acrospires were not equal and few grains were not even sprouted.
And there was a weird smell coming from grains.
I think next both issues can be avoided by spreading the grain in a thin layer(2 cm).
Planning to brew it a ancient gruit style with spices because I am still without hops. Will let you know the results. Cheers
(please find the attached images)
Where I live there is no such thing as DME or LME exists. So I had to start from scratch but the good thing there is lot of learning and knowledge grasping here.
1)First cleaned the wheat grains three times and removed stones, dust and other sediments.
2) Then I soaked them for 8 hours in a cooking pot I have at home(2 intervals)
3) Then I spread then on a newspaper and trays and kept them moist.
4) After 4-5 days the germination was completed with a reasonable uniformity.
5) I sun dried it for two days.
6) Rubbed the grain in between hands to remove the chits. Filtered the grains through sieve and I was left with malted grains without chits.
7)Put them in a microwave oven for 2 minutes to get the moisture out and to crisp them a little.
8) Grinded the malted grain coarsely in a spice blender.
9)Finally packed the crushed malt in a zip lock plastic bag for storage.
What's missing?
I've noticed that there was a issue with germination uniformity. The acrospires were not equal and few grains were not even sprouted.
And there was a weird smell coming from grains.
I think next both issues can be avoided by spreading the grain in a thin layer(2 cm).
Planning to brew it a ancient gruit style with spices because I am still without hops. Will let you know the results. Cheers
(please find the attached images)