Ep 12 - Understanding Malt - Part 2 - Jamie Ramshaw & Dan Cooper

Joined by Jamie Ramshaw and Dan Cooper of Simpsons Malt, this is part 2 of a 3 part mini series on understanding one of the most important ingredients in beer, malt. In this episode we start to deep dive into germination, kilning and roasting. After part 1 and part 2 you know everything you need to know as a brewer in barley and malting. By the end of the mini-series you will understand in full your malt certificate of analysis, which analysis you need to monitor and how the malting process creates them. Chapters01:05 - High level on germination 03:12 - What control conditions are you lookin at in germination 05:44 - How germination changes by malt variety 07:07 - How do you ensure homogenous germination? 08:24 - High level view of Kilning and main control points16:02 - Is there any challenges in making low colour compared to others? 19:33 - Roasting 22:59 - Do we even need to malt barley? 25:10 - How do you do new product development on maltA big thank you to everyone at Simpsons Malt.