brewmakers Irish velvet stout improvement

[therebelmc]

Hi I am usually an all grainer but have taken up this forums suggestion to try out a kit . I have selected Brewmakers Irish velvet stout as my venture. Any suggestions from you experts regarding any possible improvments. Thinking of possibility of adding some torrified wheat for head retention . How would i introduce this to the kit or do you think it isn't required

[duffymoon]

Doesn't torrified wheat need to be mashed?? Could use wheat extract instead presuming additional head retention is required for this kit, I only do Cooper's stout so maybe someone else can be more specific. Certainly with Cooper's stout it's improved by brewing short, 19 litres is good. Also have a read of the Ditch's stout thread viewtopic.php?f=4&t=31569, I'm sure the principles are equally valid for your kit!

Cheers
DM

[therebelmc]

Thanks for the link DM . Thought i had read somewhere that Torrified could be steeped and added but cant find the referance. Cheers Therebelmc