Reusing water from boiling corn cobs?

I will be boiling corn cobs and I was thinking about reusing this water to make a brew batch. I know some commercial breweries use corn as an ingredient, but I am unsure how.

I am thinking that a light blonde beer would work well, like a Corona. It could be an all-grain batch, where I would use the water to mash my grain... Or it could be an extract batch, where I would used this "tinted" water in the mix...

Has anyone done this?
Besides flavour, would it add some corn sugar as well?
Any recipe suggestions?

Topic corn process recipe-formulation beer homebrew

Category Mac

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I wouldn't advise. Idk if the husk has tannins but I assume it does, because "corn hair" does.

In any case boiling will extract tannins if the water isn't treated to be blow 6.0 pH.

I'm sure if you still wanted to try it, you could taste the water before hand to see if it has the astringent properties of tannins.

Best to just add some flaked maize to the mash.

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