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Originally Posted by: thunder_hawg 
I would like to use 10 lbs of sprouted, smoked corn for a wash. If I want to have 25 gallons of fermented wash to play with, do I really need any other ingredients? Would I still have to use sugar even though the corn malt would produce enough sugar? And can you use a metal or plastic trash can to ferment the wash? If you cant tell, I am new to this.
Originally Posted by: thunder_hawg I would like to use 10 lbs of sprouted, smoked corn for a wash. If I want to have 25 gallons of fermented wash to play with, do I really need any other ingredients? Would I still have to use sugar even though the corn malt would produce enough sugar? And can you use a metal or plastic trash can to ferment the wash? If you cant tell, I am new to this.
10 lbs of grain will do nothing for one its not enough grain and 2 corn has a low dp value.
for 25 gallons you will need at least 30lbs of corn and 20lbs of 2 row.
and even that is shy.
grains have a ppg of about 35 in theory.
1lb in 1 gallon will get you 1.035 if you get 100% conversion which you wont.
malted corn only has a DP of 30
that is only enough to convert its own starches.
Malted 2 row has a DP of between 120 and 140, 6 row has a DP of 160.
so 2 lbs per gallon = 1.070 max based on a theoretical 35 value of your grain.
25 gallons of water would require 50 lbs of grain.
you need a theoretical 30dp per lb of grain so
50 x 30 = 1500 / 120 = 12.5. so for 50 lbs of grain you would need at the very least 12.5 of malt with a lintner value of at least 120.. I would use more.
this recipe that I just invented would in reality get you about 1.055 sg. I would reduce the corn by 5 an and increase the malted barley by the same."
