Corn Juice

As-Ol-Joe · Post by **As-Ol-Joe** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:12 am

There is a post in the Mash, Ferment and Distill section that talks about corn water.

Never thought about corn juice, but it sounds like something to try. Sure would give you more room in the fermenter.

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:15 am

I've been thinking of trying something kind of along those lines. I want to use a press to gather fresh corn juice to ferment... real corn squeezings...

so far its just a thought tho...

I don't really see much advantage to doing what you plan. just a lot of messy work.

Butch50 · Post by **Butch50** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:54 pm

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:26 pm

My idea came from reading about silage...

rumor has it...

edited to correct spelling... sillage, how I first spelled it is the french word for the smell of perfume after it passes by...

I meant the juice coming outta a grain silo...

Post by **Uncle Jesse** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:34 pm

No idea, give it a try and let us know

Post by **bronzdragon** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:22 pm

You may get some good conversion that way, but you wouldn't be able to get it to clear up.

~r~

Butch50 · Post by **Butch50** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:46 pm

As-Ol-Joe · Post by **As-Ol-Joe** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:33 am

Has anybody tried corn juice yet? I'm looking for a juicer now.

Butch50 · Post by **Butch50** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:09 am

Still_Crazy · Post by **Still_Crazy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:39 am

Not tried it nope but I do have a really nice machine uhm what's that guys name.... he's about 4,000 years old now and still going strong as ever. Name slips my mind for the moment

. Anyone else remember??

It's a pro unit, lots more juice than pulp. Brain fart, I can't remember. Don't think I will test this method with that particular machine though.

Butch50 · Post by **Butch50** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:42 am

Jack Lalane? He is about that old and still going strong.

Still_Crazy · Post by **Still_Crazy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:55 am

DING! That's the name I was looking for. I was thinking Lee something, but you are correct. Nice juicer indeed.

mtnwalker2 · Post by **mtnwalker2** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:58 pm

Most all dairy farms have folded here. But there is still one that uses massive upright silos. They do put heavy containers in the bottom, with a heavy mesh avove to allow only liquid to enter. Total fermented juices under tons of pressure, totally anearobic, and no you couldn't beg a tablespeoon of it.

You can mimick though. Get either field or sweet corn while in the dough, sugar or roasting ear stage. Slice off tops while corn is on cob. Like doing creamed corn but not as deep. Then with a dull knife or spoon scrape the juice and corn innards into the pot with the capping first cut off. Ferment with proper added yeast. Will sour very quickly so best to have a really strong yeast culture waiting to add right away. Some say to add the scrapped cobs as well, as it give a better flavor.

I was given a mason jar in '72 and found it quite dangerous. My tounge nearly slapped my brains out.

No kidding, its a great drink if you have access to the corn and time. I plan to plant some just for this next year. Both sweet and another patch a bit away of meal corn. Hickory Cane if I can find the seeds. Kandy Corn for the sweet. Last patch of the Kandy I grew, a momma bear and 2 cubs lived there for almost 5 months. Got fat, they did. It was worth watching them.

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:06 pm

mtnwalker2 wrote: My tounge nearly slapped my brains out.

I love the expressions I hear on this site.

Post by **HookLine** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:19 pm

CoopsOz wrote:
mtnwalker2 wrote: My tounge nearly slapped my brains out.
I love the expressions I hear on this site.

Me too, and that's a great one.

Farmer_John · Post by **Farmer_John** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 6:54 pm

I know this is a long dead thread but I is the only thread on corn squeezings

I would think that corn stalks being similar to sugar cane and sorghum could be put through a cane mill and the syrup collected I would also think the yields of juice would be comparable in volume at least to the cane/sorghum one acre of sorghum can make about 120-150 gallons of sorghum syrup so I would imagine if you planted a small corn patch you could make a lot of juice I would imagine you could reduce it in a similar manner as molasses.

Here is a cane mill. when you can find them there around $500-2000 depending on make and wether mechanized or not and around 400-800lbs mine is retrofitted for PTO power and on a trailer.

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