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How much corn do I need for 50 gallons of mash? ›

No Yeast Corn Mash Recipe

You will need: 50 pounds corn. 25 pounds sugar. 50 gallon barrel.

Here's how to make moonshine mash:

Pour 5 gallons of water into the pot and boil it to 165°F. Turn off heat and stir in flaked corn maize or chosen sugary grain. Stir for about 7 minutes. Stir for 30 seconds every 5 minutes until mash cools to 152°F.

Weigh out your grains in a 2 to 1 ratio. For the 10 gallon batch, this will be 6 lbs of corn and 3 lbs of sweet feed. Set aside until the water reaches 160f. Now you can add the grains and reduce heat to maintain 160f for 45 minutes.

For a 5 gallon mash: (201)

7 lbs (3.2kg) cracked corn. 6-8 pieces/kernel is the proper crack. If using bird feed, make sure it is perishable, or in other words is free of preservatives. 7 lbs (3.2kg) of granulated sugar.

In this article we'll explain how a commercial distiller would determine how much alcohol to expect from a run. For the instant gratification seekers in the crowd, here's the short answer: A 1 gallon run will yield 3-6 cups of alcohol. A 5 gallon run will yield 1-2 gallons of alcohol.

By mashing low will give you more fermentable sugars, leaving the beer thin and dry. Leave the mash temp too low (below 140 °F) for too long, then you run the risk of ending up with a “watery” beer that does not taste good.

Enzyme Task Lowers with Mash Time

Past a specific factor, the only point you're doing by leaving your beer in the mash is raising the opportunities of your mash going sour in the wort as well as ruining the entire set.

How to know when your mash is done fermenting - Quora. The simplest way is to check your airlock regularly — once you see that it's no longer bubbling (or, at most, just bubbling really, reaaaaallly slowly), then that means the yeast is no longer producing CO2.

Re: Bubbles in airlock stopped after only TWO DAYS!

And if you check with hydrometer and it's done, (meaning you are at your desired finish gravity) you should still leave it alone for at least a week. The yeast are still in there working. It could also be if your temperature dropped the yeast got cold and lazy.

It depends on what type of wash you have but as a general rule of thumb, it is best to distil within 2-3 days after fermentation is complete. The wash will keep for up to a month so long as the fermenter is airtight.

How much corn do I need for 10 gallons of mash? ›

Water: 4 to 5 gallons (to start, additional water will be needed to reach 10 gallons total volume) Sugar: 8 pounds (minimum, can add more for higher yield but risk of stalling fermentation increases) Sweet Feed: 3 pounds (all-stock sweet feed, ensure it's pellet-free) Cracked Corn: 6 pounds.

So it's easy to assume that more sugar = more alcohol. However, too much sugar in your mash can actually hinder your yeast's ability to make alcohol, and most people want to get as high an alcohol content as possible when making moonshine.

You can find lots of info to read up on what some of your options might be. But, typically, the range for all-grain would fall somewhere between 1 to 2lbs per gal...with 1lb per gal being much easier to mash/convert but making little alc....and 2lbs being more difficult given the same volume of water.

Re: How Many Pounds of Grain per Gallon? The general guideline for AGs is 2lb total grain/gallon. The ratio of unmalted to malted is going to depend on the grain type and the diastatic power (DP) of each malted grain. A DP of 30 is generally needed to convert a mash successfully.

That would be 4.5 cups of frozen or canned corn, which sounds like rather a lot, to 200 gr of potatoes, which is about one large potato. Although the corn is pureed, which would make a difference. So I'm going to suggest 3 cups corn, but if you feel that this is too much, or too little, adjust accordingly.