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Originally Posted by worthywads
I quoted you Harry but this is for the homebrewers too.
Good beer is made with 100% barley, with wheat in some styles. Only mass marketed piss is made with corn.
Unfortunately it is land being switched from barley to corn that hurts barley prices. Fortunately for US brewers barley will grow in northern (Canada) areas that don't grow corn as well.
Anyone wanting to grow barley for homebrewing is in for some challenges, the barley needs to be malted which is an art in itself, all-grain is like making coffee, but malting is more like roasting, only it takes a week of tending.
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Corn is just the feed stock used for ethanol in areas where it grows because it has high yields. I have also heard of plans for wheat (which is an alternate crop for most barley growing areas) and sorghum ethanol plants in areas that aren't good for corn. Interestingly, one of the planned ethanol plants in my area has been put on hold because higher corn prices hurt the expected bottom line too much.
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