Abstract: An installation for the continuous germination of barley into green malt includes a vertically disposed container through which barley progresses from top to bottom by gravity. A series of grids of parallel tubes extend through the container at spaced levels, with the tubes of adjacent grids being angularly offset from one another. The tubes carry a cooling medium to remove the heat of germination, and also act to loosen and turn over the slowly sinking barley, as well as to control the pressure acting on the column of barley. At the container bottom a dispensing device controls the outflow of green malt. Means may be provided for supplying air in the container and/or for withdrawing carbon dioxide. The installation may be used for the storage and dispensing of already germinated green malt instead of for the germination process itself.