Using Green Malt

[tenorbrew]

Hi Folks,

Does anyone have any experience mashing, brewing and distilling their own barley (or other) malt?

I'm talking about taking raw grain, steeping/malting it and instead of drying it, using it straight away in a mash.

it would seem to me to be a great and affordable way to make product, but I was wondering what hidden drawbacks there might be.

After a couple of test malting batches, you could probably work backwards and come up with a production timeline.

Cheers,

tenorbrew

[Sam.]

Not sure how you would go about cracking the grain wet.

Could probably just smash it up with something may only be viable to do in a BIAB system though.

I would be interested as well to hear from anyone that has actually done it.

Another issue is that you would need to use it on the day it's ready.

[woodduck]

This is the only time I've seen it mentioned but I don't think there's a lot of info there. I haven't seen crow around for a while but I'm sure he's lurking around somewhere, he might be worth a try.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1562#p23195

[tenorbrew]

Did a bit of googleing and found this article from the 1960s from the good people at Guinness.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/j.2050-0416.1963.tb01925.x/asset/j.2050-0416.1963.tb01925.x.pdf?v=1&t=iez3v4l5&s=e01503e78b34b28217ece2ec2092485001345f31
Looks pretty encouraging to me.

Cheers,

tenorbrew

[res]

Getting the sprouts and roots off the wet grain might be tricky, they wouldn't be prone to fall off as they do when dry.
There allegedly responsible for a "grassy" flavor in the final product.
That being true, or not, it's probably safe to say using green malt will result in a different flavor, good or bad.
Only one way to find out which :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[jedneck]

Grinding can be done using a meat grinder. The sprouts will.gibe a grassy note when young but it mellows into spicey notes with age.

[scythe]

If the freck stalks are fragile enough they may just break of if you tumble them in a large sieve with a small mesh size.