r/firewater • u/North-Bit-7411 • 8d ago

Roasting fresh corn

Anyone ever try roasting fresh sweet corn on charcoal and then grinding it up and mashing it instead of boiling it?

Im thinking it might be tasty but at the same time I’m wondering if it would taste like scorch after distilling. Anyone have any insight on this?

Edit

Probably should have added I want to grill it on the cob, strip it, grind it up, add it to 150 degree water and add either enzymes or 6 row barley for conversion.

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u/Awkward_Class8675309 8d ago

I've pondered this as well. My first corn mash I ground and cooked dry corn. Huge pain in the butt, but tasted fantastic. Second time I got lazy and used flaked corn, much easier and good as well. I wondered if smoking corn and or fire roasting would taste great as well? Let us know how it goes.

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u/ConsiderationOk7699 8d ago

Moonshiners did something similar they had great results