Corn potential conversion

[MaxT]

I did my first AG mash on the weekend. As a long time AG beer brewer, the barley and wheat parts where fine, but I have a question about the corn.

I initially tried to use my immersion element to cook the corn, but it turned out not so good.

As I was pressed for time, I then just mashed my new feed corn (which is quite finely crushed) along with the other 11.5kg of grain for 90 mins. I imagine I did not get a lot of sugar out of the corn, but I was happy with 1.077 at 43L.. about 9%. I did add some sugar to boost it a bit.

My question is, what is the potential gravity of 1Kg of corn in 1L of water? (apologies to you imperial measurement folks).

[Nightforce]

On the main site there is a lot of information about grains, including where someone has worked out ppg to pkgL. 2.2# of grain in 1L (.946 quart) seems way to high to me. Keeping the gain/water ratio somewhere close to the widely used max of 2#/gal, would put you in the 1kg per 4L of water range using metric units.

I'm no expert on AG washes so maybe some will post here.

[Dnderhead]

I would thank that is impossible,the corn/maze will soak that much up.
I just use 1lb (1/2 kg) per 1 gallon (4l)= 3 abv.this comes our pretty close.
not exsact but works fingering in your head.
so 1 kg per 1 l would be 24abv of course this is impossible.

[loneswinger]

A decent yield would be about 230 points-kg/liter, similar to barley numbers. That is about 28 ppg.

I would have expected about 1.062 for your mash from the corn alone.

I use steam injection to bring the corn to a boil to prevent scorching.

Cheers,

-Loneswinger

[Dnderhead]

OK I ran this on a calculator.. field corn/maze
1 KG per 1 L 80% efficiency....
OG-1.225
FG-1.056
22.5% alcohol

[MaxT]

Thanks guys.
I knew I would get bugger all from the corn as I just mashed it (not boiled it).

Good to know that properly treated, it yields about the same as barley.

Cheers.

(should have added, I only used 4kg of corn)