storing grains

[positiverpr]

there may be an obvious answer that i'm missing here. the new cold room has plenty of space and i have 170 lbs of grain. i was planning on storing it all at 38 in air tight containers. i've read in two articles that "grain should be stored between 50 and 70". i cant think of what i'm hurting by keeping it cool. moisture wont be a problem. cant imagine that enzymes could be handicapped and i know the sugars should be fine, so what is the reason?

[positiverpr]

i'm storing in vittles vaults

[Whitebeard_Brewer]

If I'm not mistaken.....JZ stores his inside his cold room as well....base malts in trash bags inside trash cans. Looking to start my collection of vittle vaults myself.....just don't have a great storage room for them yet. Think there was a Brew Strong show on this....or might have been during one of his other appearances. (Looked through the show titles....didn't see it...but I do remember hearing JZ talk about grain storage at some point)

[positiverpr]

anybody else storing their grain cool? now i'm gonna get all paranoid and store it warm.

[BayouBrew]

I think that JZ talked about grain storage in the Malt Analysis show, but I am often wrong.

[positiverpr]

i couldnt find which show it was. thanks captain

[AleSmith29]

i put mine in freezer bags in my lagering freezer, usually set @35*F

[TheDarkSide]

i'm storing in vittles vaults

Me too...I just dumped my first 50 lb. bag of 2-row into my vittle vault I got for Christmas. I keep it in my basement which is around 45 right now.