Signup for our Free Newsletter
E-Mail:
Subscribe
Unsubscribe



Amber Waves of Grain!


by Brian Smyth


We at Homebrew Adventures have recently consolidated our grain/malt offerings around a selected group of brands. Our new offerings are selected from the finest malting companies in the world. These changes take place immediately and are reflected in our shopping cart.

Customers like you have allowed us to settle on a more uniform malt selection, and have allowed us to order these malts in larger bulk quantities. We appreciate your business, and we are confident you will get superb homebrewing results from any of these brands.


For your assistance, we offer:

Briess Malts- The Briess family has been providing high-quality malt products to the North American brewing industry since 1876. Headquartered in Chilton, WI, Briess supplies malts to 80% of the breweries and brewpubs in the United States.

Click here to view ourselection of Briess malts

Cargill Malts- (formerly Schreier Malts) is headquartered in Sheboyigan, WI. Cargill draws its malt from various farming cooperatives in the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains areas of North America.

Click here to view our selection of Cargill malts

Crisp Malts- The Crisp family has been shipping quality malts since 1804. Crisp malts are produced from UK-grown barley farmed either in East Anglia or Scotland, depending upon the variety and malting plant required. All Crisp barley is from premium two-row varieties.

Click here to view our selection of Crisp malts

The Dingemans family has produced an extensive range of basic ingredients for the demanding Belgian and European brewer since 1875. Dingemans' Belgian malt products have been used extensively in Pilsen, Trappist, Abbey and White beers.

Click here to view our selection of Dingemans malts

Weyermanns Malts -The Weyermanns family has produced some of the world's finest malts for four generations. Founded in 1879 at their stately, landmark malting facility in Bamberg, Germany, Weyermanns produces ideal German malts for all styles of beer.

Click here to view our selection of Weyermanns malts

Gambrinus is popularly known for its honey malt. Headquartered in Armstrong, British Columbia, Gambrinus is the smallest malting company in North America, producing just over 6,000 tons per year from its malthouse.

Click here to view our selection of Gambrinus malts

The Canadian division of Gilbertson & Page has produced the OIO brand of flaked malts for the brewer for over twenty years. Use of these flakes will aid in head retention and body in your homebrew.

Click here to view our selection of OIO flaked malts

RESOURCES

All About Grains 101
by Jim Busch


What is Malted Grain
by John Palmer


The Soul of Beer
by RealBeer.com


A Comparison of 2-row and 6-row varieties
by Paul Schwarz and
Richard Horsley


The Malting Process in a Nutshell
by Mark Stevens


Yummy Malt Flavors
by George Fix


Do the Mash!
by George De Piro









The HBA Favorites:


Maltmill Model P (fixed-gap rollers):

The MALTMILL is an authentic roller mill that makes it possible for homebrewers to turn out textbook quality milled grain. It crushes the malt, leaving the husk intact while producing a minimum of flour. Not one grain can get through without being properly milled. It does exactly what a malt mill is supposed to do. The Model P has a pre-adjusted (not adjustable) roller gap for a consistant crush every time. A real work horse - we use a modified (motorized and enlarged hopper) version of this mill to crack our grains at the store.

10 Gal. Complete Mashing System:

All you need for the mashing and sparging part of a 5 to 10 gallon all-grain brewing process. Includes 2 10-gallon Rubbermaid coolers, 2 2-foot sections of 3/8 polyethylene tubing, 2 bottling spigots (mash spigot equipped with special insert), Phil's 12" Phalse Bottom, mash filter pad, and Phil's 10" Sparger. (For a complete brewing system you will also need a brew pot large enough to boil 5 to 10 gallons (plus head space for boilover protection) and a propane or natural gas fired cooker.)