malted barley

Anyone have experience using this instead of Molasses? Hearing mixed stuff on this vs the other, I've used Molasses many times but this cropped up on my amazon suggestions and got me wondering. What ratio in a gallon of water do people use if so?

So I ran across an interview with Clackamas Coot talking with some folks at KIS Organics and he extols the benefits of topdressing with malted barley: says you get thicker, stronger stems and bigger buds, plus a faster finish in flower. Supposedly the microbes in the soil love it and the enzymes...