thedrunkdutchman
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Has anyone heard of brewing darker beers with corn roasted in a home coffee roaster? I've been rereading a book I have on colonial American brewing, and once again read about the use of corn in their brewing process. But this time as I was reading it, I was drinking a porter while reading. And that got me thinking, is it possible to make a darker beer using only corn and a light base malt with the diastatic power to convert the corn. My thought was to roast the corn in a coffee roaster. And after googling the subject, I came across articles saying that in some parts of the world they mix in corn in with the beans before roasting to extend their supply. Do you folks think that I'm crazy or do you think that this might be worth trying? I wouldn't necessarily try for porter or stout levels of dark, but maybe brown ale levels