My First Attempts With Grains

[jimsgins]

Having played with sugar wash and macerations quite a bit the last couple of years (and a batch of rum), I've decided to try and move into the world of grain using BIAB.

Bought a big sack of animal feed maize boiled 3.5kg of it in a bag in a 25L pot, cooled it, mashed in 1.5kg of malt a little below 70*c, wrapped it and left it to do its thing.

The yeild wasn't terrible but wasnt as good as I'd initially hoped (I cant remember the exact SG) but I'm wondering for future runs - how bad would it be to add a bit of sugar at the end to boost the yeild? Does the sugar make a noticeable difference to the finished flavour profile? Ideally I would like to be doing AG and hope that with more experience I'll be able to work out target SGs and hit them, but ultimately I'm most concerned with how the finished product tastes and dont mind cheating a little on the way if the taste isnt compromised.

[StillerBoy]

If you were to take the time to read the following, all your questions will be answered..

Booner's Corn is very good to start with.. http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 14&t=51458

And this will further your knowledge on corn mashing.. https://www.google.ca/search?rls=en-us& ... dtXussNtT4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Mars

[zapata]

I'm wondering for future runs - how bad would it be to add a bit of sugar at the end to boost the yeild? Does the sugar make a noticeable difference to the finished flavour profile?

Yes you can add sugar. Yes the taste is different. The question then becomes how different?

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