I’m growing barley this year - maybe 1/10th of an acre (~60X60) and I have several hops vines going. Once upon a time I worked with a grain operation tempering grain and malting a only a few steps beyond that. In quantities of 100 pounds or less, it should be a fairly simple operation. The good thing is that malting barley won’t need to be threshed from the husk like wheat. The bad side will be the drying and toasting operation. Small batches working up is probably the way to go.
Let’s keep in touch on our respective operations and findings.
I have 3-4 hundred sq ft in three plots planted about three weeks apart for a cover crop. The oldest is turning yellow and a few stems have hairs but no grains yet.
I have waited to order rhizomes and now it is time and I can’t decide what to order! What are you growing?