will these grits work?

[JONNYROTTEN]

I'm looking for a cheaper alternative to flaked corn. My LHBS sells them for $2.50 a pound I believe. These come out to 72 cents a pound. Seems to be the cheapest I can find.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Quaker-Quick-5-Minute-Grits-80-oz-Bag/10312477

 

[Lefou]

Grits are a bit of a different animal!
The endosperm part usually contains most of the starches in corn kernels.
Corn "grits" are more or less the embryonic plant portions, but if they've been pre-cooked I don't see why they couldn't be put in a cereal mash.

Maybe polenta or corn starch in a cereal mash ... don't now how creative you really want to be, but it's something else to consider.

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

Grits are a bit of a different animal!
The endosperm part usually contains most of the starches in corn kernels.
Corn "grits" are more or less the embryonic plant portions, but if they've been pre-cooked I don't see why they couldn't be put in a cereal mash.

Maybe polenta or corn starch in a cereal mash ... don't now how creative you really want to be, but it's something else to consider.

My understanding is that instant grits don't need a cereal mash and the flavor is the same as flaked corn

 

[Lefou]

You may be right, but I'd mash it just to be sure - but that's me.
My beers are usually all malted grains with minimal crystal or adjuncts other than honey, dextrose, or candi sugar.

 

[Lefou]

Mmmm ... cream ale with corn. I might want to do this myself.

As a misplaced Hoosier who happens to like corn - and beer - this got me thinking. BYO had a change recently but one of their articles is still up for free viewing.

https://byo.com/article/brewing-with-corn/

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

Monday bump...Any ideas on buying this? I think it will work and not require a cereal mash but want to be sure. I also think its pound for pound with flaked maize??