Hi,
Starting at malting stage is the unwise bit.
If you do want to go ahead there is so much involved that recommend book
instructions rather than advice from here.


I would instead recommend that rather than start at the maling stage, why
not start with buying pre malted grains and practice the mashing process
first. If your shops are like ours, they will put them through a mill to
crack them for you.

By mashing these shop grains, you will know that you have the mashing stage
right before trying the more tricky stage of malting your own grains.

For mashing, I have tried two ways
1. putting water into a large jam pot and using a heat source to maintain
the mashing temp - about 67 I think from memory. But I found this to be too
time consuming as I had to hang around to monitor the temporature.

2. Another book directed me to using a insullated big pot, where you bring
it up to temperature and then every half hour to add hot water when you stir
it and test the starch levels with iodine. I found this way much easier .

After playing with this, I have gone back to kits which are more consistant
than my own brews ( my fault) but I add my mash for added texture and
flavour.


Cheers


"Gene" <genesutton@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> It probably isn't wise but it is the closest to what a man had to do
> before
> there was a lhbs to go to. What I'd like to do is to have the experience
> of
> getting back to the very basics of brewing.
> Gene
>
> "Ken Anderson" <DUSTkapna@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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>> "Gene" <genesutton@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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>> > I want to do some all-grain brewing starting with malting my own barley[/color][/color]
> or[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > wheat, but I don't know the ins and outs of doing it. Can anyone
>> > advise[/color][/color]
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>> > about the malting procedure?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Gene
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>> We can give you advice about whether or not it is wise to start out in
>> all-grain brewing by malting your own barley, if you would like.
>> Ken
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