Cornflakes whiskey

[Dnderhead]

its funny i see on the tag "barley malt extract" as the 4 ingredient..

[crazyk78]

Would that explain the flavour?

Do you think it's mixed in he slurry when the make it or post processed?

[Dnderhead]

The corn grits are cooked in steam pressure cookers, with Kellogg’s unique malt flavour, at temperatures exceeding 100C. This cooking process lasts for an hour and softens the hard grits. The hot grits are transported from the cookers to large driers via the complicated network of pipes that runs through the factory. The grits spend several hours in the hot-air driers in order to reduce their moisture content.


The corn grits are milled using two large rollers, which squeeze the grits flat. One of the rollers rotates slightly faster than the other and exerts 40 tonnes of pressure on the grits.
This elongates the flakes. The flakes are then tumble toasted for 30 seconds in huge cylindrical ovens. The air in the ovens is heated by 600C gas flames and the flakes are tossed around in a rotating drum. The drum is angled so that the flakes whirl around and pass through it quite quickly, and stops them spending too long in the fierce heat.
The flakes are then sprayed with vitamins and minerals to make them as nutritious as possible. We now have Corn Flakes.

[crazyk78]

Dunders new nickname... Mr how it's made. Lol

Great insight. Thanks.

[Odin]

Odin.

[hiccup]

LOL......
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE USING CORNFLAKES,...GUESS NOT ,.....I'VE USED OTHER CEREALS AS WELL ,....SPECIAL k WORKS WELL ,..ITS WHEAT BASED THOUGH,,..
BUT CONTAINS SUGAR WHICH THE YEAST ALWAYS LIKES.....I'm ALWAYS EXPERIMENTING ....

[crazyk78]

Guys I got impatient and decided to do a batch today.

I boiled my cornflake goop for 30 min at 160f after I emptied the pot I found it had caked and burnt on the bottom

Is this going to be a problem?

[Odin]

Only if it tastes bad!

[crazyk78]

Well I didn't taste it, but it certainly didn't smell burnt...I crapped myself took 30min to clean the pot...oh and make sure you have a lid..it spits n farts everywhere

[crazyk78]

Just an update...she's bubbling away at approx 2bubbles per sec

[crazyk78]

Guys I think my wash has stalled.

SG is 1.01

What can I do to get it going again?

[chrisc69]

Guys I think my wash has stalled.

SG is 1.01

What can I do to get it going again?

check that as that is where it stops usually i get to 1.000 or little under on sugar washes though

[crazyk78]

Usually my sugar all ran gets to .97 ish

I also have an aquarium heater in there so temp is good

[chrisc69]

Usually my sugar all ran gets to .97 ish

I also have an aquarium heater in there so temp is good

i usually let it sti and once it slows down or stops i run it usually around .97 to 1.005 just depends on unfermentubles and sugar ability as well as if the yeast has fermented to its maximum nutrients etc so could just have been plenty of sugar and the yeast cant make the alcohol go any higher i couldnt know that for sure though without your OG

[chrisc69]

i went and brought a 800g pack of cornflakes today just a home brand they sell its near identical to the kellogs one when i was reading ingredient's and nutritional stuff so going to make a batch with it once i have the time im also going to add 400g of wheat-bix im actually looking forward to trying this one going to age with american oak im aiming to get 5 to 10 L of spirit so might do a half half of french oak ill let you guys know what my experience is like

[crazyk78]

Hi chris, only diff between the home brand and Kellogg's here is home brand has no malt.

[Odin]

But if the home brand is made out of sweet corn too, it don't matter. Malt taste doesn't reallyn shine thru ...

Odin.

[chrisc69]

thanks odin and crazyk78 i cant wait to be sippin on this but that a little while away yet

[Beerbrewer]

Kicked this off a few days ago and it's going well. I used 1kg Corn flakes, 3.5kgs white sugar, 140gms tomato purée and a tsp of citric. Can't wait to put it through the still and get another generation going

[Brendan]

Kicked this off a few days ago and it's going well. I used 1kg Corn flakes, 3.5kgs white sugar, 140gms tomato purée and a tsp of citric. Can't wait to put it through the still and get another generation going

I don't understand the addition of tomato purée...you are going to completely ruin any corn flavour that you were attempting to get...?

[Odin]

Yeah, tomato paste is not needed in this recipe!

No problem. Distill it, try it, use the backset to start up gen II without tomato paste.

Odin.

[Beerbrewer]

Ok, shall do, I just automatically put it in for sugar washes!

[Odin]

For neutrals it might be fine, for flavour ... maybe not.

No problem, this hobby is all about experimenting, right?

Odin.

[Beerbrewer]

Sure is, I'll let you know how it turns out.

[crazyk78]

Guys I made my recipe as I noted earlier and with the 1.5kg cornflakes I used a total of 25lwater and the whole mix filled my 30l fermenter.

I racked it off today and could only get 17l of liquid out...the rests of the liquid and wort is at the 10l line.

So my question is, can I squeeze more liquid out somehow?

[Odin]

Yeah ... by squeezing some more!



Odin.

[crazyk78]

Damn. Not the response I was looking for

[Odin]

If you can distill very slowly on gas or with a water jacketed boiler, there is no need to take the liquid of the grain. Just distill all.

Odin.

[Beerbrewer]

Transferred mine today, what a mess, when transferring got a strong smell of sick but once in the demijohns I gave it another sniff and it's not there any more Lost about 5ltrs due to the corn. I'll let it sit a week and then distil it. May be back onto the birdwatchers until I can think of a way to transfer without spilling it all over the place!

[casamayor]

Hello Odin,
i plan to try your recipe, i bought 2kg of kellogs cornflakes, 0.5kg of rye bread(bjord brand), i have one question can i crush the corn flake with a blender or it is better by hand?
CM