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%
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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: Hominy grits are corn that has been treated with alkali and then ground into coarse meal and is a staple in American Southern cooking. To perform a cereal mash using cornmeal or grits, combine 10% 6-row barley malt or 15% 2-row barley malt by dry weight with the corn. Place the cornmeal or grits in a heavy saucepan and add water until the mixture is like a soupy batter and begin heating it. Carefully heat this cereal mash to 158 °F (70 °C) and hold it at that temperature for at least five minutes. This will allow the amylase enzymes supplied by the malt to convert stray starch molecules and begin to loosen the remaining starch “granules” in the corn. The heavy lifting of starch conversion will take place in the main mash. After the short conversion rest at 158 °F (70 °C), add heat to bring the cereal mash to a boil and boil it gently for 30 minutes. You will need to stir the mash constantly and may need to add water to keep the mixture fluid and moving to prevent it from scorching on the bottom of the pan. At the end of the cereal mash cooking process, the starch will have gelatinized and be in a form that the amylase in the main mash will be able to convert to sugar. Be aware that the addition of the cereal mash can significantly alter the temperature of your main mash, especially if the cereal mash is just off of a boil.