Question about Corn

[usaftrevor87]

Can some tell me what the difference between:
1. Flaked Maize
2. Milled
3. Unmilled

I thought flaked maize was milled maize? Am I missing something?


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[BigEd]

Can some tell me what the difference between:
1. Flaked Maize
2. Milled
3. Unmilled

I thought flaked maize was milled maize? Am I missing something?

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Flaked grain, maize (corn), wheat, barley, rye is unmalted grain that has been heated, usually with steam, and then put through rollers which flattens it into a flake. Milled means grain, could be malted, could be unmalted, that has been run through a mill. Unmilled means just that, some sort of grain that has not been milled. Milling produces small pieces not flakes.

 

[usaftrevor87]

Okie dokie. That makes sense.
One more question... Whats the point of milling versus flaking? Why is flaked maize an advantage & desired more?
Thanks Big Ed


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[BigEd]

Flaking is a way of preparing adjunct grains (unmalted) to be easily utilized and added to the mash. Whole grains, malted or not, need to be milled.

 

[usaftrevor87]

Makes sense. Im asking cause a couple brewing friends of mine said in order to "unlock the corns goodness" (very technical terms here) that you have to use milled & flaked wont work. Obviously they must be wrong or why else would brew shops sell flaked.


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[Yooper]

Yep they are wrong. Corn must be mashed, milled or flaked- maybe that is what they meant.


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