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I rember graham saunders doing something with native australian grasses and wild yeast don't know if he finished it though. interesting concept though.

Interesting site, and good article on malting

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&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:o1yogh3s wrote:

&amp;quot;oblivious&amp;quot;:o1yogh3s wrote: what make it though is the change of the water and control the roasting, unless you want traditional brown(blown) malt[/quote:o1yogh3s]Control isn't part of the OP's spec, though. If you want an actual nice beer, malting's a doddle compared to breeding a suitable yeast, I'd have thought.[/quote:o1yogh3s]

I would presume the spec also don't include micro equipment, there wont be any strain select with out the ability to isolate a pure culture, no single cultures was a lot of modern brewers use

but you can used the wild flora that will occur naturally on the grain. As in the case of sourdough. it wont produce fantastic beer, but would still be beer.

&amp;quot;Morebeer&amp;quot;:mmmzc1q2 wrote: Interesting site, and good article on malting

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I think that more producing malt extract as posed to malting barley

Well maybe they aren't beers but this book should get you going if you were marooned. It has recipes for wines and meads made form all sorts of things. Unless you're unlucky your island should have some fruit on it. I've always wanted to make birch sap beer.
[url:iy6dszqu]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580171826/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top[/url:iy6dszqu]

This book has loads about how tribal people made beer with minimal santitation which might be useful on an island. It's got a chapter called Psychotropic and highly inebriating beers which may help when stuck on the island.
[url:iy6dszqu]http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Herbal-Healing-Beers-Fermentation/dp/0937381667/ref=pd_sim_b_2_img[/url:iy6dszqu]
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Oh cool;
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