One particular problem is that there is no spec for grain fracturability in the 6-row mill, Friability doesn't tell you. M - That is why at our Co. We need to talk about getting rid of packaged spec.'s and have frank discussions between brewer and maltster. We need to stop thinking about everything as just ingredients. B - The maltster doesn't always have great control.
Specs have to fit too many varieties for multiple brewer's therefore the specs are too broad.
M - We are always trying for continuous improvement. M - Stander was difficult to work with. You would get large changes with a little tweek, therefore you were getting more variability than usual. M - It seems we are addressing three issues, consistency, lauter prediction and chain of production. To deal with consistency we need the mins and maxs better defined.