Corn and Oat

[teddytejero]

Hi Friends

Made some corn beer 80% corn / 20% oat. The colour is great 'Brut' like. I added Columbus hops and Saaz and it tasted quite bitter and 'smelly' the first two weeks after botteling. I also added some champagne yeast for botteling and now 4 weeks after botteling the taste is ok. Very 'dry' aftertaste like a pilsner.

Pls advise for taste improvement ... herbs that go with corn .... sugar additions (I used suger cane - 1 kg for 20 L wort) It doesn't taste sweet ... Alcohol is 4 - 5°.

I'm quite amazed that the yellowish colour disapeared

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

Hi Friends

Made some corn beer 80% corn / 20% oat. The colour is great 'Brut' like. I added Columbus hops and Saaz and it tasted quite bitter and 'smelly' the first two weeks after botteling. I also added some champagne yeast for botteling and now 4 weeks after botteling the taste is ok. Very 'dry' aftertaste like a pilsner.

Pls advise for taste improvement ... herbs that go with corn .... sugar additions (I used suger cane - 1 kg for 20 L wort) It doesn't taste sweet ... Alcohol is 4 - 5°.

I'm quite amazed that the yellowish colour disapeared

Interesting. Please elaborate on the flavor.

I don't use corn as the main grain, so I can't speak with any authority on the subject, but I think that you shouldn't use the sugar, but you might try turbinado or brown sugar to add some complexity.

A quick Google search suggests Chervil, chives, lemon balm, saffron, sage, thyme as good with corn.

I hope you try it again and share your results with us.

[spiderwrangler]

With some of those herb suggestions, this sounds like it may be interesting to brew it more in a saison inspired style...

[BDawg]

I'm interested to hear more about the corn and oats. Were they malted? Did you malt them yourself? How? If not, how did you convert the starches into sugars?

[teddytejero]

I'm interested to hear more about the corn and oats. Were they malted? Did you malt them yourself? How? If not, how did you convert the starches into sugars?

I used a alfa amalyse enzyme to convert (hard boiled the corn first)

[Bugeater]

I'm interested to hear more about the corn and oats. Were they malted? Did you malt them yourself? How? If not, how did you convert the starches into sugars?

I used a alfa amalyse enzyme to convert (hard boiled the corn first)

Sounds like you are preparing the wash for a corn whiskey.