Trading High Altitude Himalayan Barley

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by Charlie_Richardson, Dec 19, 2016.

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  1. Charlie_Richardson

    Charlie_Richardson Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2014 Oklahoma

    Hey I was wondering if anyone had any interest in trading for some very specific barley grains. I live in Nepal and will be bring some back to the states. It is an indigenous barley that is grown at 11,250 ft. in the valley of Langtang in the Himalayas. Please let me know if there is any interest, how much you would want and what you would trade for it.
     
    #1 Charlie_Richardson, Dec 19, 2016
  2. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

    Yes, I would be willing to trade 1# of Lahontan Valley Hops grown at 4000' elevation for 10#s of Nepalese barley as long as it has been professionally malted already. Your avatar makes me feel like I am maybe being trolled. :slight_smile: Start a BA conversation if you are serious.
     
    #2 GreenKrusty101, Dec 19, 2016
  3. scottakelly

    scottakelly Maven (1,487) May 9, 2007 Ohio

    Ok, so I am going to assume this is for real...

    You do realize that almost none of us can do anything, or would be willing to do anything, with an amount of barley that was not already malted? Plus even if we were it would be a "one and done" thing and this barley would be lost to the world yet again?

    If this is true, call some universities with agriculture programs in barley growing regions, Offer them some seeds to work with. Who knows, maybe your limited amount of barley may be accessible to many some day.
     
    #3 scottakelly, Dec 19, 2016
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  4. hopfenunmaltz

    hopfenunmaltz Pooh-Bah (2,635) Jun 8, 2005 Michigan
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    You might contact your local AG school, or the Agriculture Dept at Michigan State University, which just brought back an old Barley strain.
     
    #4 hopfenunmaltz, Dec 20, 2016
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  5. Charlie_Richardson

    Charlie_Richardson Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2014 Oklahoma

    I understand what you guys are saying, but I know people that have malted the barley themselves, so don't necessarily see why it needs to be professionally malted before hand. As for the one and done and lost to the world, I was more thinking I would bring back to the states with me however much people wanted when I come back to the states this summer. Then I would be returning to Nepal and could bring more back with me the next summer. Also, along those same lines, I gave some to a friend of mine in Texas and he just grows it himself. Plenty of people grow their own hops, why not barley as well?

    The avatar is the logo for Prairie Artisan Ales in Oklahoma! :slight_smile:
     
    #5 Charlie_Richardson, Dec 20, 2016
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  6. GreenKrusty101

    GreenKrusty101 Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2008 Nevada

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  7. Charlie_Richardson

    Charlie_Richardson Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2014 Oklahoma

    That's not what I was talking about originally, just in reply to
    I was originally talking about bringing over pounds of unmalted barley. All you would have to do is malt it yourself.
     
    #7 Charlie_Richardson, Dec 20, 2016
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  8. ryane

    ryane Initiate (0) Nov 21, 2007 Washington

    I think you missed the point, malting barley isnt the easiest to do on a small scale

    couple that with the fact that not all barley is good malting barley, you have to have the right specs in the barley (N, protein, etc) if your even a bit out of range it isnt really worth it. I saw this first hand with my grandfather when I was younger, because he farmed barley in N Dakota. christmas and birthdays were awesome when the barley analysis came back good, and very sparse in the other years (out of spec is sold as cattle feed)

    Is there something particularly interesting about this barley? flavor, color, etc?? I would do as Hopfen suggests and reach out to a local AG school and see if they have any interest in developing the strain, or something like Rare Seeds
     
    #8 ryane, Dec 21, 2016
  9. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Probably because growing and malting barley is a PITA compared to growing and drying hops.
     
    #9 VikeMan, Dec 21, 2016
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