Corkster
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Would it be possible to replace the pulley's with sprockets and run a chain on them instead so you quit shredding belts?
I hate to be a newbie bringing a buzz kill but does anyone know if malt absorbs carcinogens from the propane heater exhaust? You are burning a hydrocarbon and blowing the exhaust over the malt.
Tobacco farmers around me have almost totally gotten away from fire curing where the exhaust from propane burners is blown directly into the curing barn. Now they flue cure where the exhaust gases are routed through ducts (heat exchanger) that heat the air in the curing barn and the leaf never touches the exhaust fumes.
I hate to be a newbie bringing a buzz kill but does anyone know if malt absorbs carcinogens from the propane heater exhaust?
You could always "fart cure" your grain, for that sulphury lager. I can't attest to a level of carcinogens in there as well though
WTF isn't this the USA? Learn how to spell California.
I need to keep my eye open for an old convection oven. I'm not sure it is big enough for a hundred pounds of grain but it seems to have everything. Heat source, temperature control and a circulating fan to make sure there are no hot spots. A few batches of home made malt sounds like fun.
If you got 78% I'll bet you got 88% yield from the brown malt and 68% yield from your home malt. Or maybe even 90%/65%.
None of us (Me and the boys) have never done any real judging of beers, but my initial plan is to utilize the killians sample cups initially for the first tests, we'll do some blind testing of one then the other, I guess using the BJCP guidelines, Aroma, Appearance, Flavor, Body, Overall etc. I was wondering if there is maybe a form for this? That lists the possible aromas, flavors, etc? Couldn't find one on search. Or do we just go by our own impressions/thoughts? After the initial tests, (If the beer is ready) we'll do some large glass sampling and I'll take pics etc. Anything else needed? Any suggestions? I'd love to share this experience with everyone interested, maybe we'll video tape.
Could be, do they (Carcinogens) have a slightly smokey, slightly astringent flavor?
... Yet another labor intensive process that needs to be automated with some sort of rotating/heating device. The rotating bin I made for the kiln would not work for this due to the max temp of HDME being about 260F? Also the old freezer I use for kilning has some sort of plastic at the door seams. Currently I'm thinking of ditching the plastic rotating bin and making one completely out of stainless or brass screen with a shaft through the sides for the kiln as well as another one to fit in this old oven for roasting purposes. Possibly I can make them so the drive will be interchangeable so I can move it from kiln to oven readily...
. . I recently came across this coffee roaster drum that got me thinking of this project.
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