Corn cobs

[brat]

Well my corn is thru and after freezing a little over 80 ears and canning some 40 odd pints of creamed corn, one may wonder what I did with all those cobs from the creamed corn. Down here my grandparents made wine. Yep, and it's called Corn Cob Wine. If you want to try it, here ya go.
 

1 dozen or 15 or so of raw corn cobs
1 gallon boiling water
4 pounds of sugar
2 pkgs yeast

Place cobs in a container, like stainless steel or plastic, and pour boiling water over them. Then cover with a towel and let stand for 24 hours.
Wring out and remove the cobs and then add the sugar. Stir till dissolved and then add yeast. Stir.
Cover again and let stand for min. of  8 or 9 days in room temps. The yeast will stop bubbling and your house will smell like, well, a distillery.
After the yeast has finished working, strain through cheesecloth to another container, cover and store in a fairly cool place until it is fermented, which may take as long as 10 weeks.
Bottle in mason jars and enjoy. Be careful, it'll sneak up on you. 

I've got enough going to last me over winter or if it gets too cold, the end of the year. YMMV 

Should be finished off about the time my grape and blackberry wine comes ready to bottle.
Ironic huh? 

[JohnyMac]

Hey brat I would like to try that. Want to swap some JohnyMac's Hard Cider for some? Let's chat via PM 

[Burt Gummer]

I'm trying to imagine what corn wine tastes like and I'm coming up blank.
Help me out here brat.

[brat]

I'm trying to imagine what corn wine tastes like

It tastes like corn cob wine 

It's sweet, I suppose it's sorta like a mix of karo and everclear or similar. I dunno, it's unique of itself, sorta like black licorice tastes like black licorice and not much else.

The closest thing I could compare it to is sugar shine with a heavier aftertaste on the back of your tongue. Give it a try. If you don't like it, you can always go out to the garage and use it to clean car parts or something.

Back in the depression days (not the last couple of years, the one in the 30's), folks didn't waste anything and fixed what was broke. I guess this was something to not waste leftover cobs that were too rough to save for the outhouse and to make you forget your troubles. 

[Burt Gummer]

I'll see if any local places sell it...
What about the pipe? got one of those brat?

[brat]

 

No Burt, ain't got one. This is more my speed..

[Burt Gummer]

Met a guy in the army who grew up chewing nothing but Red Man Chew...
His teeth were so horrible, he actually enlisted so they could fix them. (which they did)

[brat]

Wonder did he ever go to the dentist. Still got all mine but two, lost em on duty. Like anything to excess, it'll end up being bad for ya one way or the other most likely.

[WhiskeyJack]

I started makeing my own wine about 2+ years ago. I figured it would be a good skill to have. Ive made about 9 batches. Ve made blueberry, apple,strawberry, cherry meade, and apple pie. The cherry mead and apple pie were fantastic. Think ill try the corncob. Ty brat.

[Nemo]

You need to come south and bring a couple bottles of that corn cob stuff.  The feral hogs around here would go crazy over it.  Any with a nose to the wind within 10 miles or so would be headed in to a spread out bottle.

Nemo

[JohnyMac]

Bye the way...I had some of brat's corn cob wine and it was GREAT!

WhiskeyJack, glad you are making your own wine  It's a fun hobby and you can drink what you make