Whole Wheat?

[Andypandy]

My local HBS sells Whole Wheat but not malted wheat. What is Whole Wheat used for and can it be used as a substitute for Wheat malt?
I am interested in brewing a Schnieder Weiss type beer.

[simple one]

Its used more in the whiter belgian beer. Obviously they would be crushed. There sugar extraction is less than malted. They have to be used with a grain which will provide the enzymes to carry out the starch conversion. They give a white, wheater taste and carry through more haze in suspension. Similar to when you use wheat flour. People have said that they can give a stuck sparge, but they say that about malted wheat to..... most people use torrified wheat as apposed to wheat. Which is (in my eyes) is just raw flattened wheat.

This is what I have been told, and there is a lot of other people on here who are more knowledgable.

[Invalid Stout]

For a Weißbier you definitely want wheat malt. Raw wheat isn't a substitute.

[mysterio]

Agreed, you need wheat malt in a Bavarian style Weiss.

Raw wheat is fine in a Belgian style like Hoegaarden, but flaked wheat is easier to deal with. Most of the big HB shops should be able to ship you some wheat malt along with a good hefeweizen yeast.