Torrified wheat in extract brews

[booktownman]

Can anyone advise me how I go about using torrified wheat in an extract brew to improve head retention? Can I just lob it in my boil? Or maybe steep with the speciality grains? How much should I use for a 5gallon brew?

Thanks in advance,


BTM

[EoinMag]

Can anyone advise me how I go about using torrified wheat in an extract brew to improve head retention? Can I just lob it in my boil? Or maybe steep with the speciality grains? How much should I use for a 5gallon brew?

Thanks in advance,


BTM

You need to do a mini mash to get any good out of torrified wheat, not only that I think you'll need to mash it with a base malt to supply enzymatic action needed for the conversion.
You can't just boil it and you can't just steep it, both methods will just add starch to the brew.

[OldSpeckledBadger]

You could use wheat spraymalt instead. Use 75% of the amount of torrified wheat i.e., if the recipe says 100 grammes of torrified wheat use 75 grammes of wheat spraymalt.