Title: Brewing with Corn - Brew Your Own
Headings: Brewing with Corn
Brewing with Corn
Corn Used for Brewing
Corn Sugar
Flaked Maize
Milled Corn Grits
Give Corn a Chance
Recipes
Classic American Pilsner
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.050 FG = 1.012
IBU = 30 SRM = 4 ABV = 5%
Ingredients
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Classic American Pilsner
(5 gallons/19 L, partial mash)
OG = 1.050 FG = 1.012
IBU = 30 SRM = 4 ABV = 5%
Ingredients
Step by Step
Mexican Cerveza
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.052 FG = 1.012
IBU = 28 SRM = 4 ABV = 5.3%
Ingredients
Step by Step
Mexican Cerveza
(5 gallons/19 L, partial mash)
OG = 1.052 FG = 1.012
IBU = 28 SRM = 4 ABV = 5.3%
Ingredients
Step by Step
Written by Jon Stika
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Content: Making corn malt is certainly doable at home, but is a time and space consuming process and not practical for most homebrewers to do for themselves. Popped popcorn is not easily incorporated into a mash due to its fluffy, floating nature. If you are considering popped popcorn in a mash, it is best to use an air popper rather than a kettle and oil as the oil can cause problems with beer foam later on. Popped popcorn is also easier to handle if it is crushed into smaller pieces before mixing into the mash. Producing chicha by using one’s own saliva as a source of amylase enzymes to convert the starches into fermentable sugars by chewing and then expectorating corn into a “mash” is also both time consuming and may not be a very acceptable approach of including corn in your beer unless you are going to be the only one drinking it (although Dogfish Head Craft Brewery makes a chicha beer!). Of the various forms of corn that are the most practical for you to use in a brew, cornmeal/grits, flaked maize, and corn sugar (powder or syrup) are the most practical forms for homebrewers to use. Each of these three forms of corn require different treatment and each will result in a somewhat different flavor, body and clarity in the finished beer. In order for yeast to be able to ferment what ends up in wort, those ingredients must be in the form of sugars. To make corn fermentable, the starch it contains must first be gelatinized by being cooked in water between 158–167 °F (62–75 °C) or higher for about 30 minutes. Since we want to be certain that gelatinization is complete, the simplest way to do this is to cook the corn addition in boiling water.