Booner's Casual All Corn

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It doesn't take much research into corn on this site to see the pattern of struggle brought on by all corn recipes. Malting, gelatinization, on and on.
Booner's Casual All Corn greatly simplifies the process. And you will see increased yield from your grain. The key is using liquid enzymes.

Available online and increasingly at HB shops, a simple combo of enzymes is all you need for conversion.
Inexpensive and very effective.

Mill in temps are at 7,000 ft. You May find it advantageous to take your water to a higher temp if you are lower. Shoot for boiling before you shut her down.

1.8 lbs. cracked corn per gallon straight from the bag.
No need to ph water if yours comes in at 7.
Heat water to 200f.
Add corn and stir to bring temp to 180. Check your ph. You want to be 5.6 > 6.5. The addition of the corn should get you there.
Your first enzyme goes in at this point. SEBStar is a high temp Alpha-Amalyse. 0.36ml per lb. of corn.
Stir on occasion until temp hits 148.
Check ph again and get it in the 2.8 > 5.5 range. I do this with backset.
Now add the SEBAmyl- GL, a high productivity Glucoamylase. 0.36ml per lb.
Stir it up and let it sit. I do an overnite rest. Cover it up if you are prone to lose temp fast.
Follow your normal protocol from here.

I use an in house yeast but for this I fermented off the grain and used DADY pitched at 90.
4 day ferments maintaining at 80f. FG of .994.

At 1.8 lbs. I pulled 9%. A test at 2.4 lbs. gave a yield of 11.6%. Pretty big numbers from an all corn at those grain ratios. Flavor extraction is amazing even at those numbers. This is in no way an endorsement of chasing those numbers as an acceptable OG. I stand at 8.2%.
The higher efficiency allows a smaller grain bill. That's a bonus.
I get 8.2% with my Smoke Shine with 1.8 per gallon milled to 1/8 th inch and smaller.


While this can and has been debated as to whether or not it is a true all corn the process sure is easy and eliminates some of the frustration many find with more traditional methods.