roasted barley

[sam c]

when usind roasted barley in extract brewing is it added the same way in which you would add crytal malt or is there a different process?
cheers

[OldSpeckledBadger]

I'd image the roasting kills off any enzymes so it won't mash so I can't see any other way to use it other than steep/boil it.

[sam c]

I'd image the roasting kills off any enzymes so it won't mash so I can't see any other way to use it other than steep/boil it.

cheers for that. it does say in a book i have that there are no enzymes in roasted barley so that would make sense. am i right in thinking that enzymes are usually needed to convert starch to sugar in other grains? so by steeping the roasted barley, how does that extract the sugars? i have been reading alot about brewing reccently but am still a bit confused.

[OldSpeckledBadger]

I expect roast barley is a bit like crystal malt in that it's put in to provide certain flavours rather than sugars (which would be derived from normal malt).

[WishboneBrewery]

Graham Wheelers Beer Engine software is handy to see which grains are Steepable, if you look in the 'Grain Editor' menu you can click through them and it will say 'Can be Steeped' in the info. http://www.practicalbrewing.co.uk/BeerEngineSetUp.exe

[sam c]

Graham Wheelers Beer Engine software is handy to see which grains are Steepable, if you look in the 'Grain Editor' menu you can click through them and it will say 'Can be Steeped' in the info. http://www.practicalbrewing.co.uk/BeerEngineSetUp.exe

cheers thats cool. ive installed it and now all i have to do is work out how to use the rest of it