Storing acidated malt

[brewNYC]

I just picked up the ingredients for my next batch from the LHBS. Unfortunately, now it looks like irked be a couple weeks before I get to brew. Looks like all the grains were milled together. Is it a problem to store a couple of ounces acidated malt mixed in with the rest of my grain bill? Just asking cause I think acidated malt is made with bacteria. I don’t want to sour all my grains!

Any value in sticking the grains in the freezer?

 

[bracconiere]

Just asking cause I think acidated malt is made with bacteria.

if they are they'd need H2O to work? wouldn't they, so keep em dry?

 

[MaxStout]

Grains in general usually contain a fair amount of microbes. All of your grains are likely covered in bacteria, wild yeast, etc. Adding a few ounces of sauermalz won't make much of a difference. Keep your grain in a cool, dry place and it will be fine.

 

[BigEd]

The lactic acid producing bacteria were already present on the malt. Plain malt and grain have no shortage of bacteria. Just store it normally.

 

[rburrelli]

Time for some nit picking. Acidulated malt or acid malt. Acidated is not correct. Carry on……

 

[soccerdad]

I get flashbacks from acid malt.

 

[day_trippr]

How 'bout "acidified"? Or, "acidized"?

 

[bracconiere]

well on a more serious note. is acid malt just kinda like a hybrid crystal malt, and steep at like 110f in the kernel wet, then dried and kilned as usual? or whatever the acid rest is?

 

[day_trippr]

Pretty sure it's just base malt sprayed with acid...

Cheers!

 

[bracconiere]

Pretty sure it's just base malt sprayed with acid...

Cheers!

that seems like cheating!

 

[day_trippr]

Well, ok, I was wrong, it actually is a lactic acid process that apparently expresses the intrinsic lactobacillus found in barley malt

Even so, it seems like added effort, vs a squirt of Phosphoric Acid under guidance of a brewing water calculator...

Cheers!

 

[bracconiere]

added effort,

from having to use Ro water to get the calc to work? (if i even believe they ever do)

 

[grampamark]

I get flashbacks from acid malt.

Don’t use the brown acid malt.

 

[bracconiere]

Don’t use the brown acid malt.

it's patented

 

[JAReeves]

How 'bout "acidified"? Or, "acidized"?

Acidimified.