StillSmart

It's been said a few times by a number of members here that Corn/Maize is a nightmare to work with but maybe not entirely impossible.

I have a goodly amount of flaked Maize left over from my last 'attempt' at making Corn Liquor - messy disaster - but not being one to accept defeat I decided to tackle it another way.

Yesterday I put 1kg of the flaked grain in a loose muslin bag into a big pot with 6lt of hot water at 75oC and stirred. When it started getting really thick I added two teaspoons of powdered Alpha Amylase and 1 teaspoon of Gluco Amylase stirred it in and watched the gloop turn to liquid.

I wrapped a big towel around the pot and left it for a hour at which time I had a clear yellowish liquid on top. I lifted the muslin bag out of the pot, let it drain for a few minutes and left the remaining liquid to settle out.

When it was all settled I siphoned off 3lt of clear yellow liquor into another pot then boiled it until it had reduced to 2lt. I then allowed it to cool before bottling it for future use to add flavour to a wash.

Not exactly simples, I'll grant you, but I may get to add some Corn flavour into my Whisky washes by doing it this way.

AM

I really want to do some grain washes but I have gotten spoiled on sugar washes ease. I tried a sweet feed mash and like you ended up with a huge mess and a bunch of left over grains to dispose of. I tried everything I could think of to get it to clear with no success. Very frustrating indeed

There is more effort and mess to be sure, but the results can be well worth it!

Chuck