Silage-juice as backset?

[Paulinka]

This year I will plant more than a few rows of high-sugar white corn on my land, and I will silage the leftover plant materials in early autumn. It will go through an anaerobic fermentation with LAB which takes about 5-6 weeks (cut up to 20-30mm pieces and buried tightly), which results in a soured animal feedstock at around pH 4. Beside the plants' own dry matter silage contains mostly lactic acids and some other volatile organic acids.

I smelled silage before, it is not very pleasant to say the least, but I think the pressed out juice can be used as an acidifying agent to bring pH down in AG-mash instead of citric acid or LAB-culture, especially in bourbon-style mashes. What do you guys think about this idea?

[DAD300]

First your previous yeast post is evil and I like it.

I believe it will work, although the flavor may r may not pan out.

But what will the pigs and cows drink?

[Paulinka]

Oh they eat huge amounts of sauercornut, milking cows eat 40 kg of the stuff daily, even poultry likes it. But first I will try with some real pickling water, cucumbers'.

And because the Russians use to drink vodka with pickled cucumbers... well, in fact they do not, just as Mexicans don't push a slice of lime in the mouth of a Coronita bottle. Anyway, I think cucumbers' flavour is trendy and will not hurt a lot if it goes into vodka from the backset. Not a big chance for it but we shall see.

So first experiment is: soured cucumber's liquid as a backset additive.
Next, sauerkraut-liquid.
If these will turn out acceptable then a huge step and I wil try it with silage-juice at late autumn.

[Paulinka]

On second thought, I will not do it. Silage is way too much disgusting, I do not want it to be anywhere near my equipment.