Malting Emmer Wheat (Triticum dicoccon)

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  1. midastouch

    midastouch Initiate (74) Sep 4, 2020 Massachusetts

    Unfortunately, a couple places I have contacted either will not have malted emmer until next year or stopped carrying it. If anyone knows a place that has it in stock that would be great. However, chances are I will probably have to malt the emmer wheat being shipped to me.

    Has anybody here malted emmer before? Are there any quirks I should know of? Also what would be the best method and reasonably priced equipment I should use to malt emmer? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
     
    #1 midastouch, Dec 2, 2020
  2. wasatchback

    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Do you need to Malt it?
     
    #2 wasatchback, Dec 3, 2020
  3. midastouch

    midastouch Initiate (74) Sep 4, 2020 Massachusetts

    A couple of recipes I am trying say to use malted emmer when possible so I want to try it out. I am doing a 100% emmer beer and a 50% Emmer and Barley blend most likely with barley malt.
     
    #3 midastouch, Dec 3, 2020
  4. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    You could try spelt malt. Probably closer to emmer than wheat, and it's a bit more available.
     
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  5. riptorn

    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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    Have you tried contacting Great Lakes Malting in Michigan? They list Malted Farro (Emmer). Looks like they're geared toward the bulk/wholesale market, but might be willing to send a sample or give some advice. Worst they can do is say no.

    Castle Malting in Belgium lists Emmer Malt (bulk). Food for thought on a recipe with 100% Emmer....the Usage blurb in their Spec sheet PDF says:
    "German-style “Emmerbier”, ancient-styles as Gallic or Egyptian beers, or as an option to wheat as an adjunct. Up to 40% of the grain bill.
     
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  6. midastouch

    midastouch Initiate (74) Sep 4, 2020 Massachusetts

    Great Lakes Malting is the place I called and will not have emmer malt until around next year. I have contacted Castle Malting to find out there pricing and possibly purchase it for the right price. The most viable option is probably malting some of the emmer I have myself though I don’t know if emmer needs any special requirements and have not really malted anything before.
     
    #6 midastouch, Dec 8, 2020
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  7. Beer_Life

    Beer_Life Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2020 New York

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  8. midastouch

    midastouch Initiate (74) Sep 4, 2020 Massachusetts

    Thank you, those links are helpful. I have germinated many things so I am should be good with the first part of this and keep the grains from becoming moldy. Though the drying and sifting parts of this might give me some difficulty.
     
    #8 midastouch, Dec 13, 2020
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