Apparatus for malting grain
Abstract
Abstract PRODUCTION OF MALT UTILIZING A VERTICAL MALTING TOWER HAVING A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY HORIZONTAL TROUGHS WITH PERFORATED STRAINERS TO SUPPORT A QUANTITY OF GRAIN, THE TROUGHS INCLUDING IMPERFORATE BOTTOMS AND PERIPHERAL SEALING MEANS TO DEFINE SEPARATE TREATMENT SPACES IN VERTICAL ARRAY, WITH MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY TILTING EACH TROUGH ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TO DROP THE GRAIN TO SUCCESSIVE TREATMENT SPACES. THE PREFERRED PROCESS COMPRISES STEEPING THE GRAIN TO ABOUT 38 PERCENT WATER CONTENT, PARTIALLY GERMINATING THE STEEPED GRAIN, RESTEEPING THE PAR- TIALLY GERMINATED GRAIN, AERATING THE GRAIN, AND REPEATING THE RESTEEPING AND AERATING AT LEAST ONCE TO PRODUCE A STEEPED GRAIN WITH A WATER CONTENT OF AT LEAST ABOUT 48 PERCENT, AND ALLOWING SUCH GRAIN TO GERMINATE FURTHER.
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- 👤 G Neubert
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