What kind of grain is this?

[BeerCat]

Can anyone tell me if these are malted oats? As far as i remember they look similar to flaked barley and wheat. They don't look much like this. http://www.geterbrewed.com/malted-oats/

 

[Leon103]

It says malted oats. To me most of the grains look the same.

 

[hoptoit]

Un crushed

 

[BeerCat]

Looks like a raw grain to me. Not plump enough for wheat but definitely not malted. Previous times i ordered looked nothing like it.

 

[Ajhutch]

They don't look raw. Raw oats are really pale.

 

[BeerCat]

Side by side with some wheatgrass seed.

 

[YeastFace]

They look like Golden Naked Oats to me, a particular brand of malted oat

 

[BeerCat]

They look like Golden Naked Oats to me, a particular brand of malted oat

Cheers that sounds about right to me. Will have to try them out. I thought about ordering some but i wanted the malted oats for a Stout. Any ideas what they are good in?

 

[IainM]

I guess the fact that you are asking is because you don't trust the label. One way you can find out for sure is to do a 100% oat mini mash with them. If they are malted then 20 mins at 62C should convert most of the starch to sugar, which will be sweet. If they aren't malted then they will stay as starch and won't be sweet.

EDIT: Just saw that those Golden oats are crystal, which will also be sweet. To work out the difference between the two, crystal oats would produce sweetness after a cold steep, but malted oats shouldn't.

 

[YeastFace]

Having a think, it may be oat malt. Not sure what the difference is between malted oats and oat malt, but I used oat malt in one of my stouts. It looked quite rice-like and I too was expecting something like flakes. This is different to Naked Golden Oats which I've seen used in IPAS.

http://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=23

 

[BeerCat]

Thanks everyone for your help. Naked oats they are then. Will try a cold steep as IanM suggested to see what they are like and contact the supplier for a replacement. At least it gives me the chance to experiment. Might try and use them in a Porter. A type of beer i have never had success with.