Re: Is it really worth getting a mill and possibly malting?

Adam Preble wrote:
I'm now trying to find a place to mill the corn malt I've produced after
it has dried a few more days. Austin Homebrew doesn't want to try it so
I'm looking at alternatives. St. Patrick's of Texas is discontinuing a
mill and has it marked down considerably. I could get it, but I don't
know if it's worth my investment. It seems to me like it'd make more
sense if I had to get all my grains in bulk in big trips to a faraway
vendor. What is the economy of bulk grains, whether I'd have to malt
myself or not?

The corn I've malted will probably come out fair. Not too many got the
full acrospire length, so they're not completely modified. After
kilning, they do smell like malt. I still have to dry some more in
order to winnow the roots and everything off. I tried to malt too much
at once, and probably would have done better going in 15 pound
increments. I could live with the process if it would improve, I could
get good barley, and it was inexpensive.

I don't use too many darker grains in my beer. I use a lot of 2-row,
6-row, marris otter, and pale ale malt. I assume I could take care of
those base grains with bulk barley easily. If I were to guess, I'd go
through over 50# of those base grains in a year. Would it be a good
call to get a $110 mill?

Since I have access to hard red spring wheat, for little cost, I have
been malting it and using it with success. I like the fact that you
can control the degree of modification.

I plan to try malting corn as well. I may try a Gluten Free brew, as I
know a few people with that condition.

I haven't located a local source of malting barley, or I would malt
barley as well.

.

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