BEST ANSWER:No. It is not malted in the sense that germinating Barley is malted. However, it is a natural starch that converts to sugar in the mash. It adds corn sugar to the wort. You could just add some processed corn sugar to the wort for a sweet corn addition but Flaked Maize is a more natural and less processed way of adding sweetness and fermentible sugar to your beer. It is appropriate for American Light Lagers and Cream Ales. The grain bills for most commercial American Light Lagers includes corn or rice.
BEST ANSWER:No. It is not malted in the sense that germinating Barley is malted. However, it is a natural starch that converts to sugar in the mash. It adds corn sugar to the wort. You could just add some processed corn sugar to the wort for a sweet corn addition but Flaked Maize is a more natural and less processed way of adding sweetness and fermentible sugar to your beer. It is appropriate for American Light Lagers and Cream Ales. The grain bills for most commercial American Light Lagers includes corn or rice.
Flaked corn is not malted. It has been gelatinized and rolled so that it is ready for starch extraction. Flaked corn does not have the enzymes need to breakdown the starches so, you need malted grains with it in the mash.
Its already gone through the gelatinization process making the starch accessible for further breakdown into more simple sugars; meaning you still need to mash it to convert the corn starch to fermentable sugars.
It was really easy to use just threw it in with the grain. I was trying to get a lighter color which worked but I ended up lighter than I wanted. Recommend not only using it with 2 row. I would add some 6 row or crystal maybe Munich.
It's flaked corn and I love it. i'll buy more once I use all of this stuff up. Top notch stuff. Midwest grown? Would have given it 5 stars if it were certified organic and not some Monsanto genetically modified stuff.
is the name of the pre-prohibition style lager I brew with these as adjunct. It is delicious. I throw these directly into the mash, bypassing my mill. Utilization is pretty much a match to what beersmith predicts.
