Malting Amaranth and Sorghum
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:47 pm
by Lufah
Anyone ever done it? I have a book that tells how to, but seeing if anyone has any experiance. I plan on harvesting the rest in the next few days and then letting it dry for a couple weeks while I'm on vacation. I'll try malting sometime after I get home.
Amaranth
Sorghum
Travis
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:09 am
by jaydub
Any luck with the Amaranth? You've piqued my curiousity about the grain. I'd think malting it successfully would be quite a challenge. How about using it unmalted in a mash? I suppose you'll need to crack it though - they're pretty small seeds, will a standard grain mill do the trick?
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:09 am
by Lufah
I don't know yet. I haven't had time to try it. I should be able to get to it in the next couple of weeks. I'll let you know how it goes.
Travis
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:39 am
by Lufah
I got started with a small test batch for the sorghum. It's 1.5oz of grain. I will let it soak for 18 hours then drain and rinse with cool water every 8 hours. Hopefully it will sprout in two or three days.
Travis
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:49 pm
by jaydub
Is there a procedure you're following for this, or are you winging it?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:02 pm
by Lufah
I'm going on (not so good) instructions from this book.
Sorghum is going good. I'll try to get pics up in a little while.
Travis
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 1:54 pm
by Lufah
Sorry it took me so long with the pictures. It's day 9 of rinsing the grain. It took a lot longer to get germination than the book said it would. I think that is because I harvested the sorghum to early. I've got about 50% of them sprounting right now and I will try kilning them in a day or so.
Travis