Axegod
Well-Known Member
Hey,
I made a Corona clone last night (...I know....).
Instead of flaked maize, I thought that corn meal may be a suitable substitution to add that little bit of flavour even though I wasn't expecting many gravity points from 500g. I boiled it for about 60 mns...and added it to the mash. It looked ok to star with. Then after a little while, it turned the mash into a grey, goovy soup. I thought my beer was ruined (and it still may be). I thought that the grain bed filtering, hot break and cold break/irish moss would help...after all it would sink the protiens.
Anyway, it looks like beer int he fermentor now...and it looks normal -so my fingers are crossed.
Short moral of the story: don't use corn meal...go with flaked maize or something proven.
Cheers.
(...waiting for the corona comments).
I made a Corona clone last night (...I know....).
Instead of flaked maize, I thought that corn meal may be a suitable substitution to add that little bit of flavour even though I wasn't expecting many gravity points from 500g. I boiled it for about 60 mns...and added it to the mash. It looked ok to star with. Then after a little while, it turned the mash into a grey, goovy soup. I thought my beer was ruined (and it still may be). I thought that the grain bed filtering, hot break and cold break/irish moss would help...after all it would sink the protiens.
Anyway, it looks like beer int he fermentor now...and it looks normal -so my fingers are crossed.
Short moral of the story: don't use corn meal...go with flaked maize or something proven.
Cheers.
(...waiting for the corona comments).