ISO: ISO Richard in Cincy. A big thank you for the tip on using brewers malt.

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I went to the shop with beer making supplies, and found liquid malt, in fact 5 different shades from light to dark. The clerk recommended the malt that was the second lightest. She had me taste it, and I was amazed at how good it is. She told me that she uses it in place of syrup on pancakes every so often. She also said to store it in the refrigerator, because, being a beer making ingredient, it tends to "work" and form a layer on the surface where it is exposed to air. She said you can spoon the layer off, and use the malt.

This morning we had buttermilk malted pancakes. I made the pancakes and added a couple tablespoons of malt as you suggested. Wow, they were delicious. They were also very light - don't know if the malt gets the credit. I was tempted to use the malt as syrup; but since we have our own homemade maple syrup, we used that. The pancakes along with our neighbor's home grown strawberries were a wonderful breakfast. Many thanks!!

 
KC, I wonder if that layer she was talking about

is like the mother in vinegar. I wonder if you could use it to make your own malt?

 
I don't know, Dawn. The malt I bought is a syrup and is thick like honey.

I don't know if you could make your own malt. The clerk made it sound like it was a fermentation crust that you just scrape off like you would mold on the surface of syrup. Maybe we have a beer maker here that knows the answer.

 
KC, glad you liked it. It's truly a secret ingredient...more

malt is concentrated barley sugar. The scum is like that you would get on maple syrup. It will mold after a time just like maple syrup. just skim it off, give it a boil, and you're good to go.

 
Thanks, Richard. I've dealt with this on maple syrup, and am glad that it will be just as easy

on malt. This was such a success, that I'm looking forward to more experiments - like malted milk shakes. Thanks again.

 
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