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[Rise N Shine]

hello everyone

I was wondering if I could just get some help/clarification on what some stuff is. For just a simple corn/sugar/malted barley/yeast mash, what would be the best corn to use? I’ve heard some many things like just use the 6 dollar bag of 40lb deer feed you can get at Walmart, as well as the 100 dollar bag of cracked corn for horses at tractor supply. I didn’t have any luck finding “crushed” corn (or flaked maize); is this the same thing as cracked corn?
also, what’s a good malted barley for this recipe as well?

any input is much appreciated.

I know some of these questions are pretty stupid but I just want to make sure I’m not following some cheap-nasty way of doing things.

Thank you!

[BeverageCommander]

was wondering if I could just get some help/clarification on what some stuff is. For just a simple corn/sugar/malted barley/yeast mash, what would be the best corn to use? I’ve heard some many things like just use the 6 dollar bag of 40lb deer feed you can get at Walmart, as well as the 100 dollar bag of cracked corn for horses at tractor supply.

I personally used flaked corn and malted barley.

I didn’t have any luck finding “crushed” corn (or flaked maize); is this the same thing as cracked corn?

flaked corn is not the same as cracked corn. The benefit of flaked corn is it has been processed in a way that you can easily extract the sugars during the mashing process. If you use cracked corn you will pull flavor from the corn but you won’t extract the sugars- if you use cracked corn you will have to add sugar.
Flaked corn is more expensive- but I usually make 10 gallon mashes and it works well for me. The product is amazing. I’ve been using the recipe on clawhammers site for the last few years with great results. Double the ingredients for 10 gallon batches.

http://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/moonshine-still-blog/11454449-corn-whiskey-recipe

also, what’s a good malted barley for this recipe as well?

Any 2 row or 6 row crushed malted barley will work fine.

http://www.biyhomebrewsupply.com/products/br2row1lb
http://www.biyhomebrewsupply.com/products/flkmaize1lb

[Rise N Shine]

thank you so much, I greatly appreciate it. So any homebrew place will carry flaked corn I would imagine?

[BeverageCommander]

They should all carry it- it is used for brewing cream ale beers.

[Rise N Shine]

might be a stupid question again lol fairly new to all this, do you put the flaked corn in a big mesh “steeping” bag, or do you just add it to the wash and let it sit as it ferments?

[BeverageCommander]

You need to mash the flaked corn with the malted crushed barely – the easiest way is in a steeping bag.
You want to mash between 148-152 to extract the fermentable sugars from the grains.

I would just follow the steps in this article: : http://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/moonshine-still-blog/11454449-corn-whiskey-recipe

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