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Date: 07 Jun 2006 09:38:41
From: Jim Zlogar
Subject: unmalted wheat
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Hi. I just got a big bag of standard wheat (non-malted).
Is there anything I can do with this for brewing?
I know it has no diastatic power, but if I mixed it in at
15-20%, wouldn't the enzymes from the barley malt
convert the wheat starch to sugar (maltose)?
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Date: 07 Jun 2006 21:44:44
From: (East Bay) Phil
Subject: Re: unmalted wheat
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Add Saison to the list.
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Date: 07 Jun 2006 10:43:59
From:
Subject: Re: unmalted wheat
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Belgian Wit beers are up to 50% unmalted wheat,
so you should be able to go up to that much
and still get conversion.
If you are not afraid of storm troopers kicking in your door
for breaking german purity laws, you could make a
non-traditional German Weizen using 50% unmalted wheat.
I don't think it would taste any different than one made with 50%
malted wheat. But I've never tried that experiement.
Other beers that traditionally use unmalted wheat: Lambics ... 30-40%.
But those are much more difficult to make, IMHO, unless you happen
to be living in Lembeek.
Cheers,
JW
Jim Zlogar wrote:
> Hi. I just got a big bag of standard wheat (non-malted).
> Is there anything I can do with this for brewing?
>
> I know it has no diastatic power, but if I mixed it in at
> 15-20%, wouldn't the enzymes from the barley malt
> convert the wheat starch to sugar (maltose)?
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Date: 08 Jun 2006 04:25:30
From: Sean
Subject: Re: unmalted wheat
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jswatson@yahoo.com wrote:
> If you are not afraid of storm troopers kicking in your door
> for breaking german purity laws, you could make a
> non-traditional German Weizen using 50% unmalted wheat.
> I don't think it would taste any different than one made with 50%
> JW
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> >
> > I know it has no diastatic power, but if I mixed it in at
> > 15-20%, wouldn't the enzymes from the barley malt
> > convert the wheat starch to sugar (maltose)?
You can definitely use it in a Kolsch-style ale. Is it
important to you to remain true to style or to make use of a nice
windfall? I've seen a couple of wheatwine recipes if you wanted to use
it faster.
Have you ever tried to make your own (wheat) malt? It
might be a fun addition to your hobby.
Here's an article which almost sold me:
http://byo.com/feature/284.html
I just don't think SWMBO would go for it.
Cheers
Sean
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