Well made a start on another batch of malt tonight.
Instead of putting up my method up at once, I'll put them up as i do it. Just be aware that ive only done one batch, so by no means is this foolproof or even close. :laughing-rolling:
Firstly i cleaned grain in a bucket of rainwater. Just fill and stir until chaff floats to the top and the grain sinks.. then tip the chaff out without distubing the grain at the bottom of the bucket. I did a couple kgs of grain at a time.
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For soaking the grain i used a cotton sheet and a foam box. Gather the grain up in the sheet and secure with a rubber band. Place in foam box and fill with rainwater until covered. I soak for about 2 hours.
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After 2 hours lift it out the water bath so the grain doesn't drown and drain. I have been using a roasting rack across the foam box to sit the grain on while it drains and rests for 8 or so hours. Its fairly cool here at the moment so i don't really have to worry about the grain drying out, but if it was warmer you would need to dunk the grain in the water every couple hours to prevent drying out. The piece of wood on each side is just to stop the rack from squashing the foam box, the grain is fairly heavy when wet.
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I found i had to do the 2hrs soak, 8 hrs drain about 4 times. The cold nights would be slowing this process down a lot though, you may only need 3 cycles in warmer conditions. Once the grain has germinated and you can see some roots showing, you no longer need to soak the grain. Ill put up a pic when i can get one.
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