I'd lover to try to malt some barley. I know I can get some schooner barley easily but that appears to be dextrinous so not as good as others. Anyone know how to get some really good stuff? (saw a post recently from someone who said that a family connection could get him the malt they sell to joe white- i think it was)
Where To Get Good Maltin Barley
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schooner will be fine - I've used mostly schooner to brew many a perfectly good (and occasionally award winning) beer.
If you can get it easily enough, grab it and have a bit of a play around. To be honest - your chances of making malt that is of high enough quality so that the difference between schooner and another malting variety is apparent... are pretty small.
Thats not having a go at you or saying you cant make perfectly nice malt at home. You can.
After that - see if there is a malt works anywhere near you. A six pack of homebrew might well buy you a lot of goodwill with the guys who unload the barley trucks.
Where do you live?
TB
If you can get it easily enough, grab it and have a bit of a play around. To be honest - your chances of making malt that is of high enough quality so that the difference between schooner and another malting variety is apparent... are pretty small.
Thats not having a go at you or saying you cant make perfectly nice malt at home. You can.
After that - see if there is a malt works anywhere near you. A six pack of homebrew might well buy you a lot of goodwill with the guys who unload the barley trucks.
Where do you live?
TB
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