Re: Malting barley storage
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:14 am
Whats the diff between malting and normal barley Neil and what diff does it make to the birds?
Yes your right Neil. Malted barley is barley that has been though steeping (boiled in water), germinating, and drying the barley. Fanciers should remember ALL Barley can be malted (its not a special barley that is used)NeilA wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:23 amI think malting meets the standard for the malting industry whiskey etcDiamond Dave wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:14 am Whats the diff between malting and normal barley Neil and what diff does it make to the birds?
It was explained to me it’s to do with fungus moisture and nitrogen
I normally test my barley for germination
I think malting contains more amino acids due to the quality of the seed ,
Funny enough I posted some farm barley on here not the best looking but it germinated in 4 days the VL I germinated didn’t show for 6-7 days but cost 4 times the price when I asked the farmer he said it would it was saved for seed barley
Then there is a grade for food and a lesser one I guess for animal feed he said
I believe malted barley is malting barley after the germination process then when dried becomes malted but I was told this by a brewer many years ago so could well be wrong
I was with a farmer last week that grows barley mostly but it went out of my head to ask him so will do next Saturday when I am with him again