Yeah this is what I did with that other batch.

So dehydrate until a certain moisture % I think it was under 10% then you raise the kiln to 100c 4-5 hours for base malt 150 for Munich style malt

The gist is raise temp to high in the drying phase you can kill the enzymes.
If I read it correctly .

 

Day 2 on the steep looks like the buckwheat might be growing a tiny little bit
The corn hasn't changed much.

 

Yup 4 soaks and air drys I'm working on.
I might weigh the buckwheat before the over night steep just in case it's at 40% moisture...

 

Yeah I've been looking at solar dehydrators will probably come In useful for drying out other fruits and vegetables
https://www.luckybelly.com/diy-solar-food-dehydrator/

 

For anyone reading through this Coeliac thread on brewing with Gluten free Grains this guy Andrew Lavery came up with the mash method for getting similar extraction from the gluten free grains as compared to barley.

Also it looks like the best performer when it comes to Diastatic power in these GF grains Is Millet it seems like the GO To and has both Beta and Alpah Amylase as well as Limit dextrine which I learnt barley doesn't have which I've learned helps with breaking apart the branched carbohydrate molecules to make it accessible to Alpha and Beta Amylase to then " "cut in" to do their conversion. (My words listen to poddy for his explanation ).

This is eppisode 40 on Brulab if you wanna find the link in your go to listen podcast app.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4r...i=uNrHgkm9RLKk7wHg1JeU7w&utm_source=copy-link

The method described in that pody is using enzymes in the GF grains and how to go about brewing best practice without using endogenous enzymes.

The go to it seems so far in the GF brewing community is to add these endogenous enzymes to the mash to help achieve the best conversion without all the hastle of the above podcast method, the pre geletanisation then adding back of supernatant (Enzyme rich saved wort) to the geletized grains to begin the mash conversion.

This poddy looks at the use of base GF grains in brewing https://open.spotify.com/episode/4r...i=zhay2ujQT_SnC_o46_2wcg&utm_source=copy-link
For me personally I'll have a crack first at trying this adapted decoction method to make the starches available before using the enzymes but it looks to be the best approach especially if I want to use rice or other less enzymatic grains is to add Enzymes...

Also I think my DIY malting is gunna be pretty crappy at first and really deficient in any enzymes.
The corn and buckwheat I'm attempting to malt ATM are both really low in Enzymes and they both contain just one half of the Enzymatic group.
I think it's Corn has a low amount of Alpha Amylase and the buckwheat has low amounts of Beta either or the other way around.

Also buckwheat I've found is a thirsty bastard so you have to account for extra mash absorbtion it also can get pretty sticky is what I've read and heard.
But it's the head retention qualities that I'm after.

Anyhow I'll stop here.

 

Looks like things are really getting going with the buckwheat. I weighed it and it was 1600g ish so 60% hydration give or take so I put it in a tray to start germination
That's it this morning you can see some roots I think growing. This warmed up a bit as well.

I weighed the corn and it was 2800g 2000g to start with so around 40% hydration which is the guideline but i thought I'd give it another overnight soak just to make sure.
This is it this morning not alot of change but I do see some slight differences in the kernel or Berry.

Beauty looks like things are going to plan.

 

Well I hope I'm not rushing things but this buckwheat looks done these shoots (I don't think their roots) are twice the size of the kernel so I'm popping them in the oven on low 50c ish to dry.

Oh corn looks like it's springing to life

 

true that Don !

Today's Christmas malting

I left this on The work van dash to sun dry.

Buckwheat.
Now I've got it at 100c in the oven attempting some Vienna style malt
As for the corn it's not far behind after the festivities today I came home to this
Looks like things are moving along I'll not be so hasty with this and let it germinate a little more before I throw it on the work car dash.

Oh any red berries I'm treating with suspicion until I can get a handle on this fasarium mould thing...
Merry Christmas all might be brewing my 1st batch in the new year.

 

Here we go I increased the temp to 150c for another 40mins after reading Munich malt is 150 is
To me it smells and tastes like nutty biscuits.
So maybe a biscuit style malt
Who knows it sure tastes promising .

 

Cheers Bulin yes I'm going to make full use of the sugars available to me.

I'm thinking of making some Invert Sugar foe the first batch I do soon as I know I'll probably suffer badly in the Brewhouse efficiency department and hopefully the invert candy sugar will help boost gravity


Corns looking great this morning

 

Drying corn in my Solar dehydrator