Cornflakes wash SG ?

[Biff_McNielly]

I’ve seen a lot of recipes that use cornflakes for flavor in a sugar wash. This seems like a waste with all those starches in there so I just ordered some amylase enzime and I’m going to try to make a batch of cornflakes mash using that converterd sugar. I will be making 5 gallons and will probably still need to add sugar to this to get the SG right but

What should my target Specific Gravity be? I will be using hood old Red Star Bakers yeast as well.

[still_stirrin]

I’ve seen a lot of recipes that use cornflakes for flavor in a sugar wash. This seems like a waste with all those starches in there so I just ordered some amylase enzime and I’m going to try to make a batch of cornflakes mash using that converterd sugar. I will be making 5 gallons and will probably still need to add sugar to this to get the SG right

If you don’t mash grains, it’s still a sugar wash.

Processed corn flakes, like you buy at the grocery store are not the same as flaked corn you buy from the homebrew store. Cornflakes have been supplemented with vitamins which will provide nutrients for the yeast. But they won’t have the same flavor addition as flaked corn would.

And the enzymes probably won’t give you much additional fermentable material from the cornflakes. So, I’d just stick to the T&T recipe and save the enzymes for a real corn mash.

What should my target Specific Gravity be?

OG=1.074, which is around a 10% potential. That’s a “happy place”.

I will be using hood old Red Star Bakers yeast as well.

It’ll do. But I strongly urge you to rehydrate the dry yeast before you pitch, if nothing else, to prove viability. It also helps to restore the integrity to the cell walls which are very fragile as a result of the dehydration process.
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