Had a dumb moment and...

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Cazamodo

Had a dumb moment and...

Post by Cazamodo » Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:47 am

Ordered torrified instead of wheat malt. Now I have all the ingredients for the cheap and easy wit recipe, apart from the wheat malt! Now theres a LHBS just opened near me, but on peering through the window before it opened, I dont think its gonna have any wheat malt. Can I sub this for wheat malt extract? Thats if they even have that!

leedsbrew

Re: Had a dumb moment and...

Post by leedsbrew » Fri Apr 13, 2012 8:09 am

or...................you could just use the torrified wheat! it will give you a more authentic 'Wit' flavour than using wheat malt.

From beersmith
Unmalted wheat presents some challenges for the single infusion homebrewer. Pure unmalted wheat will not convert well with a single infusion mash. This can be rectified by using a multi-step infusion or multi-step decoction mash, but simpler solutions exist. If you substitute flaked or torrified wheat, you can perform a single infusion mash easily, while still preserving the distinctive flavor of unmalted wheat

greenxpaddy

Re: Had a dumb moment and...

Post by greenxpaddy » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:05 am

+1

Go for it

Cazamodo

Re: Had a dumb moment and...

Post by Cazamodo » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:05 pm

Ah turned out my LHBS did have wheat malt.
Your post you quoted from beersmith, thats for unmalted wheat right? Like flaked? I could of swapped out the flaked wheat with torrified, but what about actual wheat malt? Which im assuming is malted?

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