TandEBrews
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Anyone have a recipe? I am currently brewing one, but I just wanted to confirm what the guy at the supply store told me?
As far as I know flaked barley and corn must be mashedsause said:It's missing the corn and flaked barley that they put in it but other than that nothing. You could just steep this in some 150 deg water for 30 min.
Baron von BeeGee said:As far as I know flaked barley and corn must be mashed
Flaked barley and corn do not have diastatic power and hence will not convert on their own. An enzymatic component with extra diastatic power such as 2-row must be added to convert them, or it's not mashing, just steeping. You'll also get a pot of cloudy starch if you steep them.ablrbrau said:Steeping at 150 for 30 mins is essentially mashing, but without properly sparging the efficiency would be way down. But for his purposes it may be enough.
Baron von BeeGee said:Flaked barley and corn do not have diastatic power and hence will not convert on their own. An enzymatic component with extra diastatic power such as 2-row must be added to convert them, or it's not mashing, just steeping. You'll also get a pot of cloudy starch if you steep them.
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