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Offline john.keess

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Malted Wheat
« on: March 12, 2011, 06:07:02 PM »
I've been wanting to make an all-local, all-grain Belgian-inspired wheat beer for awhile but am having a hard time finding the malts. Especially troubling is a lack of locally malted wheat. I can probably do the malt myself.

Speerville offers cracked wheat. Would I be able to malt it after it has been cracked?

Offline Richard

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Re: Malted Wheat
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 07:23:02 PM »
I highly doubt it, since malting involves germination, and cracked grain is most definitely "dead".
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Re: Malted Wheat
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 07:48:29 PM »
+1 to what Richard said
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Re: Malted Wheat
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 08:04:53 PM »
I'd imagine that they'd be willing to supply you some "live", for your malting pleasure.
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