100% malted corn mash
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 3:32 am
Hey everyone, i mashed my first all malted corn grain bill tonight, with ok results.
I started with 10 kg of whole feed corn and i soaked it it a 20l bucket for a day. after the soaking i put in another bucket with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. i rinsed with water roughly twice a day for 2 more days after that i seen that in the middle of the corn it was starting to grow a little mould, i layed out a tarp on the back deck and spread the corn out evenly on it and wet it down once a day. after a couple more days about 80% had sprouted to about 3cm, 10% to a little less and 10% no sprouts. not bad for $1 a kg.
So i ground it and mashed it tonight and got a Sg reading of 1045. i normally get about 1065-1070 with my cracked corn/malt barley but im just glad there is something fermentable in there.
Does anyone have any tips or advice? or figures on SGs of your malt corn mashes?
cheers..
I started with 10 kg of whole feed corn and i soaked it it a 20l bucket for a day. after the soaking i put in another bucket with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. i rinsed with water roughly twice a day for 2 more days after that i seen that in the middle of the corn it was starting to grow a little mould, i layed out a tarp on the back deck and spread the corn out evenly on it and wet it down once a day. after a couple more days about 80% had sprouted to about 3cm, 10% to a little less and 10% no sprouts. not bad for $1 a kg.
So i ground it and mashed it tonight and got a Sg reading of 1045. i normally get about 1065-1070 with my cracked corn/malt barley but im just glad there is something fermentable in there.
Does anyone have any tips or advice? or figures on SGs of your malt corn mashes?
cheers..