Project Overview

As beer consumers are increasingly looking for the newest craft beers, the demand for new variety is so hard to keep up with, even for the aficionados whose “new beer tastes” are so insatiable that they cut out the brewery and try their hand at making their own, a unique option!

The typical home brewer has two choices: be limited to the barley offered by the brewer’s supply or malt & roast their own, which can be a tedious and arduous task in and of itself for the average person. A sophisticated all-in-one malting machine for the home scale could fix this problem. A simple, easy to use, set-it-and-forget-it, inexpensive device to take raw barley and turn it into a dried and ready to use pale malt (or to be roasted further for amber beers) is what is needed to accomplish this task.

In addition to being able to malt barley in the home, this machine also offers opportunities to learn more about the malting process in the home or a school setting and gain an appreciation of it. This machine would be ideal for the beginner brewer, as well as the seasoned brewer who merely wants better beer and more free time. The final unit will be affordable, as close to one touch as possible to take out the guesswork, and fit on a tabletop.