Cereal anyone?

[cwrw]

Here's a stupid proposition - If my grain supplier has not got flaked corn, is it beyond stupidity to use a box of corn flakes (500g) in the mash instead of parhaps the flaked rice which he stocks at a rather hefty price? :grin:

 

[pittsy]

no idea but sounds wrong to me , try using flaked oats instead

 

[graysalchemy]

I used flaked oats in a pale ale. You need to do a glucan rest which is basically a mini mash at 35-40c with 20% of the weight of the oats in pale malt ie 1 kg of oats 200g of pale malt.

If you are doing a dark beer then roast the oats. :thumb:

 

[dennisking]

Corn flakes are actually made from maize believe it or not. Several years ago my LHBS, pre internet days, could not get hold of any flaked maize I wanted for a much loved recipe. He suggested corn flakes from a health food shop as they have no added ingredients, So I looked and on the box the only ingredients was flaked maize.

 

[RobWalker]

you should be fine if you do what graysalchemy suggests, you need to gelatinize it first and then mash it along with your pale malt etc.

or use corn syrup.

 

[cwrw]

CHEERS for the answers guys - I guess I'll save the flakes for breakfast :whistle:

 

[Sean_Mc]

They had corn/maize animal feed in the local farm shop and I did stand there scratching my head for a few minutes. Problem was the minimum amounts needed to be purchased, twas very cheap though

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

I use cheap cornflakes along with shredded wheat in a pale. D :drink: elicious

 

[Easy Peasie]

:wha:
Surely if the recipe is for flaked corn which is flaked maize, then corn flakes would be an ideal substitute because it is virtually the same thing. Why would you use flaked oats instead :wha:

 

[RobWalker]

I don't think corn and maize are 100% the same, but for.all intensive purposes, you're right there...oats would add a completely different flavour, you'd be better off without it.

 

[graysalchemy]

maize and corn are the same thing. However cornflakes have loads of things added and are also cooked so would be unlike flaked maize. My pale ale with oatmeal tastes fab though.

 

[cwrw]

maize and corn are the same thing. However cornflakes have loads of things added and are also cooked so would be unlike flaked maize. My pale ale with oatmeal tastes fab though.

Point taken, but isn't mashing a sort of cooking process in itself :hmm:. I'm just wondering if 8% of flakes would really be that overpowering in spoiling flavour. P.S aiming for a Stella type lager.

 

[graysalchemy]

Point taken, but isn't mashing a sort of cooking process in itself :hmm:. I'm just wondering if 8% of flakes would really be that overpowering in spoiling flavour. P.S aiming for a Stella type lager.

I may be wrong but mashing would be at 66c where as the cooking of cornflakes would be way higher than that and that would surely have some effect on it.

 

[cwrw]

Point taken, Thanks :thumb: