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Because of the rising prices and restricted availability of certain malt brands, I'm hoarding malt.
Which I believe is a wise decision, even if someone ridicules it. Six years ago I hoarded me some pipe tobacco, and now when the prices are twice as high I bless the day I did that.
I pack my malt for long storage in clean dry air-tight water canisters and store them in a dark place. How long would the hoarded malt stay well - I'll report here in a couple of years. So long, I've been not disappointed too much with my 2 or 3 year old malts.
The problem is, some of the bulk malt purchases I made recently are borderline dirty. No mold or odours (yet!) but the grain is just dirty and has a lot of powdery dust. I suspect it would store worse and get mold easier than my clean malts. Who knows which spores that dust contains.
So, I'm planning to wash my dirty malt in a weak (like 0.02%) Peracetic Acid solution and then rinse it two or three times with cold water. Drying the washed malt doesn't seem to be a problem now, at the height of the hot summer.
What's your opinion, is malt washable at all?
Has anyone had expericence of washing his malt?
Which I believe is a wise decision, even if someone ridicules it. Six years ago I hoarded me some pipe tobacco, and now when the prices are twice as high I bless the day I did that.
I pack my malt for long storage in clean dry air-tight water canisters and store them in a dark place. How long would the hoarded malt stay well - I'll report here in a couple of years. So long, I've been not disappointed too much with my 2 or 3 year old malts.
The problem is, some of the bulk malt purchases I made recently are borderline dirty. No mold or odours (yet!) but the grain is just dirty and has a lot of powdery dust. I suspect it would store worse and get mold easier than my clean malts. Who knows which spores that dust contains.
So, I'm planning to wash my dirty malt in a weak (like 0.02%) Peracetic Acid solution and then rinse it two or three times with cold water. Drying the washed malt doesn't seem to be a problem now, at the height of the hot summer.
What's your opinion, is malt washable at all?
Has anyone had expericence of washing his malt?