Flaked Maize

[MARMITE]

I was speaking to Youngs today and was told that they did not stock flaked maize but that Morrisons Cornflakes were the same thing.However the guy was not sure whether other brands could also be used. Anyone help please?

[Garth]

flaked maize does look like ground up cornflakes, although I would expect cornflakes to have added salt/sugar and other stuff etc, and I'm not sure whether this would hamper the brewing process.

[Invalid Stout]

With the price of cornflakes these days I'd be tempted to stick to all-malt ...

[RabMaxwell]

I use about 5-10% flaked maize in most of my recipes i need to buy another 25kg sack shortly .You can buy it from horse feed or farming stores for abour £8 a sack you can normally get Flaked Barley as well.

[rick_huggins]

I use about 5-10% flaked maize in most of my recipes

To what benefit?

[tangoman]

Get it from your local pet shop, about 50p a kilo.

[RabMaxwell]

I use about 5-10% flaked maize in most of my recipes

To what benefit?

Because i like the flavour it gives I started off using it years ago with a clone of Belhaven in Mr wheelers book that would always' turn out lovely.But in my opinion you need to limit it's use to no more than 10 % in a recipe. About four weeks ago i bought a case of belhaven best to take away with the campervan but when drinking some i noticed that they have altered there recipe they have increased the maize & cut the strength of the beer to 3.5%.It used to be a nice pint but now tastes like watered down piss thank god i can make my own version.

[Scooby]

I haven't used flaked maize for a while but did when I was brewing from DL's book's as it features in a lot of his recipes.
It gives a subtle corn flavour. I found it lightens the colour and body slightly and is supposed to help the beer clear.
It also tests the design of the tun manifold

[RabMaxwell]

Yes scooby it does test the design of you manifold especially if you add it first into the mash & not evenly mixed through the other ingredients .I would say that horse feed flaked maize is better these day's for stopping slow mash run-offs than homebrew shop ones are.Most home brew sold flaked maize i have seen these day's is ground up for some reason but the horse feed ones is still large flakes that don't cause much problems .

[Fatgodzilla]

Polenta is also a substitute for flaked corn. Boil and add to mash. Have used regularly with no problems. Cheap too. Natural pop corn (popped by hot air not hot oil) is also a substitute. Cost will always be an issue.

[rick_huggins]

I use about 5-10% flaked maize in most of my recipes

To what benefit?

Because i like the flavour it gives I started off using it years ago with a clone of Belhaven in Mr wheelers book that would always' turn out lovely.But in my opinion you need to limit it's use to no more than 10 % in a recipe. About four weeks ago i bought a case of belhaven best to take away with the campervan but when drinking some i noticed that they have altered there recipe they have increased the maize & cut the strength of the beer to 3.5%.It used to be a nice pint but now tastes like watered down piss thank god i can make my own version.

Nice one, thanks Rab!

Unfortunately all the brewery's seem to be at this game but as you say; at least we can make decent beer!

[Capped]

In my recent 'all Aurora' ale (which turned out to be really,really good!),I kinda made up the recipe as I went along - it was one of those sorta days - and I chucked in 180g of Morrison's corn flakes as I was gripped by a sudden and overwhelming,irrational desire to include flaked maize but didn't have any as I don't normally use it. No mash run-off grief,excellent beer= will use again in due course. The maize added 'something',exactly what I'm not sure.

[GARYSMIFF]

very late post but I did this x2 as it was sooo good.

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[ChrisG]

I made a recent Pilsner using Tescos corn flakes and it was excellent! one of the best lager styles I have made.