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Barley as a spawn? opinions?
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My local store doesn't have oats under 50lb or Rye berries at any amount. They do, however, have barley. I've used the search engine, and came to the conclusion that barley is ok, similar in nutrition to rye, but otherwise slightly more difficult to hydrate. The shells are also a bother.

Do you agree with this information? Does/has anyone used barley?

I can document a process if anyone is interested.

Thanks in advance.


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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: LetsGetSchwifty]
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I'm a homebrewer and I considered using malt at one point. I don't think malt would be good for spawn (spent grains mix would be great for casing or sub), but if you're talking straight barley, that should be fine. If your concern is hydration, you can mill it. Lots of stuff can be used for spawn...


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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: bluegill]
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Dont mill it and try and cook it, you will have a mess to clean up. Barley works fine as long as its not milled and still has a hull on it. Hydration is something you are going to have to feel out just soak it overnight or cook it for a short time and it shouldn't be a problem.


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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: MH5109]
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Milling does not remove the hull, unless you're talking about completely pulverizing it. You can mill it such that it lightly cracks the hull. Probably not worth the investment unless you're making beer, though. If you're rinsing your grain, there shouldn't be a huge mess to clean up.

One problem with barley is that, once wet, it retains moisture really well. Almost too good, actually.


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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: bluegill]
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I've never thought of using barley, thats a neat idea.
I've heard of the corn tek but I have been blinded at seeing anyone running that.

Good luck on your finds.

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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: bluegill]
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bluegill said:
Milling does not remove the hull, unless you're talking about completely pulverizing it. You can mill it such that it lightly cracks the hull. Probably not worth the investment unless you're making beer, though. If you're rinsing your grain, there shouldn't be a huge mess to clean up.

One problem with barley is that, once wet, it retains moisture really well. Almost too good, actually.


If you mill it in anyway you are going to damage the protective hull, if you damage the hull it will expose the endosperm. When you try and hydrate/ pc that you are going to have a starchy mess, trust me on this it will not end well. If you are going to use grain you need it to be whole aka not milled.


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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: LetsGetSchwifty]
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What’s wrong with a 50 lbs pound of oats?

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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: Perilous Chapel]
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Agreed, oats are easy to prepare and cheap af. That's all I use cuz 50lb lasts a long time and its around 10$.


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Re: Barley as a spawn? opinions? [Re: Perilous Chapel]
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Perilous Chapel said:
What’s wrong with a 50 lbs pound of oats?



Expected it to have smaller measurements.


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