Wellsy wrote:Let’s us all know how it goes.
At the risk of sounding like your mum and nagging you to death , beware of scorching lol
Wellsy wrote:beware of scorching lol
Wellsy wrote:Let’s us all know how it goes.
At the risk of sounding like your mum and nagging you to death , beware of scorching lol
Birdman85 wrote:Wellsy wrote:beware of scorching lol
I'll be racking and squeezing as much of the liquid off the grain before it goes in the boiler. Definitely don't want scorching... But my element is also a few inches off bottom too.
howard wrote:is 70C a bit low to gelatinize corn?
i think it's stir every day for 3 days, not aerate.
it is slow and sometimes it seems as though it's not doing anything, but it''s quietly fizzing away.
Wellsy wrote:It’s instructions suggest 15 to25 days and it is done. Remember it takes time for some of the sugars to be available for conversion.
oddian wrote:5kg for 20L is pretty low, I'd suggest it's done.
I use 8kg of oats for the same water and it takes 3-5 days.
if you can't get it going, strain it and run it and see what your stripping run yields. If it's worked your corn will be stripped back pretty hard too.
B-Man wrote:I done 5kg of cracked corn and topped up to 20L
Sat at 70°c for a few hours before I brang the temp down and pitched some yellow angel yeast. Took off for 2 days and now doing nothing... do I need to add nutrients or anything? Surely it's not already done. I have aerated the wash once a day like the packet said.
renedox wrote:
It is not done yet, and don't call me Shirley.
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renedox wrote:B-Man wrote:I done 5kg of cracked corn and topped up to 20L
Sat at 70°c for a few hours before I brang the temp down and pitched some yellow angel yeast. Took off for 2 days and now doing nothing... do I need to add nutrients or anything? Surely it's not already done. I have aerated the wash once a day like the packet said.
It is not done yet, and don't call me Shirley.
Activity for yellow label tapers off really quickly but it is definitely still doing stuff. I normally leave my wash for at least two weeks. After the initial burst of activity, I give it another stir, put the lid back on, and forget about it for a little while.
howard wrote:out of interest, if you've done corn normally before, compare the remaining kernels after fermentation and see if you think that YL has 'dissolved' all the contents.
on other grains, it feels like YL just leaves the husks, and by that logic, gives good efficiency. (eventually :smile: )
oddian wrote:So I thought I'd post my results just in case it helps someone.
2nd Run - Oats
2kg of Quick Oats in 8L of water. Poured in the water at 40C, cooled to 30 and pitched. it spewed all over the place... leave more head room! This thing needs heaps of head room for Oats.
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