Does torrified wheat need to be crushed like malts?

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Does torrified wheat need to be crushed like malts?

Post by sternsheet » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:27 am

Does torrified wheat need to be crushed like malt, or is it added whole?
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Post by Garth » Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:08 pm

it should already be cracked, mine always has been when I've bought it from the hbs, the white insides should be visible, here's a photo of mine

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Post by sternsheet » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:55 pm

[quote="Garth"]it should already be cracked, mine always has been when I've bought it from the hbs, the white insides should be visible, here's a photo of mine

Thanks. That answers the question. I either need to crack the stuff, or buy elsewhere! Didn't think it should go in whole.

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Post by Garth » Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:53 pm

rolling pin and a placcy bag maybe?
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Post by adm » Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:59 pm

Mine looks nothing like that!


It looks like rolled oats....can't take a pic as I am about 6000 miles away from it right now....

I've bought from three diffeent vendors - hop & Grape, Barley Bottom and my lhbs - and they've all looked the same, but none of them have loked like Garth's!
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Post by mixbrewery » Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:03 pm

I'm with Garth.
My last order from Patsy looks the same.
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Post by alefric » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:36 pm

Yep mine looks like Garths too.
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Post by Parva » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:45 am

adm wrote:Mine looks nothing like that!


It looks like rolled oats....can't take a pic as I am about 6000 miles away from it right now....

I've bought from three diffeent vendors - hop & Grape, Barley Bottom and my lhbs - and they've all looked the same, but none of them have loked like Garth's!
You sure? :)

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Ignore the 100g bit, it's 1Kg
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Post by subsub » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:12 am

If it looks like rolled oats then it's flaked barley.
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Bazil

Post by Bazil » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:51 am

It's ok there are two production methods for producing torrified wheat ones look like the photo above and the other resembles flaked barley.

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