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Posted: 4/8/2020 3:34:51 PM EDT
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Malt first, then kiln.
 Better read up on it. There's a fine line on malting you have to hit. Too little or two much and you won't have the right amount of enzymes. Same for kilning. Base malts can't be kilned too much or you won't have very fermentable wort. A Mr Beer kit isn't what you want for all grain brewing. Here's a pretty good tutorial on malting and kilning your own barley. https://www.sprowtlabs.com/2017/02/23/how-to-malt-at-home ETA, don't forget you're going to have to mill your grain after you've done all that. |
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Posted: 4/13/2020 7:32:51 PM EDT
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Buy a complete 2.5 gallon extract kit. It will be infinitely easier if you've never attempted this to not start out in a hole. Follow the instructions provided with your kit. Sanitize sanitize and sanitize again.
Never done homebrewing? Crawl walk run. Mr beer, LME extract, all grain When you learn the rules, then you can bend them.. Been doing this for 8 years and I'm still learning. |
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Posted: 4/14/2020 5:19:36 AM EDT
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Thanks guys! I ordered some yeast and extracts, gonna dive in.
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Posted: 4/17/2020 10:05:55 AM EDT
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Quoted: I have 2 yr old bines of 120 Cascade and 30 Chinook to play with and make mistakes in brewing. I'm ready to try home brewing for the first time, I bought a 50lb bag of barley that is raw and will need roasted and malted. Inherited a Mr. Beer kit and plenty of bottles from my dad. What is the easiest way to process the grains to be able to boil? Thanks for your help! No offense, but I would chuck the Mr. Beer kit in the trash, and go buy an $80 kit from a local homebrew shop. Save you some headaches down the road. Also, malting is hard. If you really want to do it, that's fine. You may be better off buying malted barley in 50 lb bags from a good homebrew shop. Base malt is malted and then kiln dried, but I don't believe it's "roasted" at all. |
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Posted: 4/17/2020 10:16:45 PM EDT
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Also, it takes the same amount of time to brew 5 gallons as two.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:32:22 AM EDT
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So I brewed up a mix of grains and malts that my dad had given me for an IPA, followed all the directions and sanitized like crazy. Used my Cascade and Chinook hops and kept track of my recipe. Going into secondary fermentation with more hops after 2 weeks.
Smells amazing and carboy is bubbling like crazy. Right now I'm dehydrating the barley I germinated to make my own malt just because I can. This is a fun hobby and I plan to do more. |
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