siliconjaguar wrote:And Barley, yes I realise I have to Malt it first. I watched a YouTube video on that. So it is possible to do it from stock feed.
Oh and thanks for the welcome!
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Once again, welcome Siliconjaguar.
Hey, wait a minute, are you sure it's brewing advice you're after,
Siliconjaguar. I looked into malting a while ago and decided that it wasn't worth the effort for the speculative results. Your circumstances may differ and if you want to give it a go then why not? It is possible to make malt from stockfeed barley but I wouldn't expect great results. The reason being that barley, when harvested, is given a rating. If I remember rightly things like size, consistency, protein and nitrogen content all come into it, along with some other things. These affect the quality of the malt you can make or what other use the grain can be put to. Again, if I remember rightly, the highest rating that can be achieved is malt then food (baking, soup etc) on down to feed grade which is the lowest. Stock feed barley I believe is grown at a loss by farmers, but since barley is a speculative crop in many areas once planted it's usually seen through to harvest in all but the most unfortunate circumstances and sold for whatever they can get to recoup losses. Anyway, have a Google on barley and grain growing in general, as I believe you'll find it enlightening and there's a bit to know if you're serious about malting.
Cheers
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