I have a question for you guys.... My wife is Peruvian and July 28th is approaching, that means nothing to you but it is Independence Day in Peru. No different than July 4th here, the requirement of tasty beverages must be met. I will be running a test batch of Chica de Jora on an English Ale yeast cake to see if both, the yeast will work and if cooked coarse corn meal will work.
I have spent a couple of hours researching Peuvian Chicha and have had fun reading about Dogfish Head's attempt and Peuvian women spitting corn into pots etc. I know how Chicha is made and I also know that I want to create a repeatable and more simplified "Gringo" version of Chicha.
I found that there are several ways to extract the sugars from corn meal, by far the easiest would be cooking the meal.
My first question is how long and at what temps should I be cooking my grits? Maybe I should follow the instructions on the box, I don't know...
Second, the idea of any beer without hops seems crazy for me so any ideas as to a light hop addition to modernize would be welcomed.
Thirdly, what yeast would you guys recommend outside of anything exotic and complicated such as adding sauerkraut juice etc.
Many thanks for any input and Salud!
Michael
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I have spent a couple of hours researching Peuvian Chicha and have had fun reading about Dogfish Head's attempt and Peuvian women spitting corn into pots etc. I know how Chicha is made and I also know that I want to create a repeatable and more simplified "Gringo" version of Chicha.
I found that there are several ways to extract the sugars from corn meal, by far the easiest would be cooking the meal.
My first question is how long and at what temps should I be cooking my grits? Maybe I should follow the instructions on the box, I don't know...
Second, the idea of any beer without hops seems crazy for me so any ideas as to a light hop addition to modernize would be welcomed.
Thirdly, what yeast would you guys recommend outside of anything exotic and complicated such as adding sauerkraut juice etc.
Many thanks for any input and Salud!
Michael
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