Two questions: 1) I am trying to re make a recipe I did with Liquid Wheat Malt Extract (55/45 %), Except i'm doing All Grain this time. What kind of wheat should I use in my mash? Torrified? Flaked? Malted? 2) anything special I should take into account when mashing 45% wheat? Risk of Stuck sparge? Anything? Thanks!
I would use malted wheat. American white wheat is good and cheap. You may or may not need to use some rice hulls to help prevent a stuck sparge, depending upon your system and technique. I've never had a problem with sparging when making wheat beers, but YMMV.
I brewed a wheat beer with pure liquid extract and Bavarian wheat yeast, came out great. Re-brewed the same beer with all-grain, now I've done it four times. Probably moving towards a fifth iteration as soon as the brewhaus is complete. I'd like to brew some of the same recipes I've already brewed while dialing in. http://alcaponejunior.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/elderberry-wheat-beer-ii/ The jist of it is this: 4 lbs, 8 oz pilsner malt 4 lbs wheat malt 1 lb flaked wheat 0.5 lbs 20L crystal malt Never had any issue with stuck sparge either. Not saying rice hulls are BAD, but with this recipe, they have not proven necessary (3x iterations with exact same grain bill). Wheat character, body, overall presentation all fine. I'd suggest picking a yeast as much as picking a grain bill. I am fond of Bavarian wheat yeast for the body it provides, the flavor profile (more wheaty than heffy) and for the overall final product.
Idk what kind of wheat beer you'd call it, but it has the Extract I used, SN Kellerweis and Weihenstephaner harvest, but with a hops schedule very similar to Oberon by Bell's (American wheat)
Let us start with the beer style and the yeast you used in the original recipe. Talking of wheat you have quite a few options of base wheat : Pale wheat , While wheat, unmalted wheat flaked wheat. Shifting up to all-grain is adding a lot more dimension to your brewing. I hope no one will zzzzzz me on this.
I'd go with malted wheat. And I don't think anyone has ever said "This is lautering too well, I shouldn't have added rice hulls."
