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cornflour

Post by fatcontro11er » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:23 pm

has any one used cornflour (corn starch)in a recipe ? whats the its use ?

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Re: cornflour

Post by Jim » Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:21 pm

Apparently not! :wink:

I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I've never seen it in a recipe.
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Re: cornflour

Post by fatcontro11er » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:34 pm

i noticed it in a recipe there the other week but it was said ,as , cornstarch i looked it up and the english equiv is said to be cornflour , when there was no reply on here i thought id better omit it froim the brew !?

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Re: cornflour

Post by mysterio » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:42 pm

Sounds a bit weird, It's not going to add any flavour to your beer and you'd risk a set mash if you used too much. Did it maybe say corn sugar? I.E. glucose? What's the recipe?

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Re: cornflour

Post by fatcontro11er » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:00 pm

defo said cornstarch and the recipe was for smithwicks ill try abnd find the link .http://home.cfl.rr.com/nyrdyv/beer/smithwicks.htm
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Re: cornflour

Post by Aleman » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:30 am

I've heard of this being used by Graham Sanders on the Aus Craftbrewer forum. . . . He was using it as a colour and flavour dilutant IIRC . . . . while it can be mashed (watch out for a set mash) a better result would be from cereal mashing it. . . . . As an alternative (with a little more flavour) you could substitute flaked maize (or flaked rice for less of a flavour contribution)

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Re: cornflour

Post by steve_flack » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:39 am

I've seen wheat flour used the mash in commercial Belgian recipes. I guess that's because it's cheap and probably improves head retention

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