Protein Rest for Dunkelweizen?

Ok so I'm going to do an all grain dunkelweizen next weekend, I'm buying malted wheat and the supplier says it requires a protein rest. As far as I know protein rest increases clarity (not important for this style) does anyone have any recommendations on what to do here. Is the protein rest necessary? I can also get torrified wheat although I'm not sure how it's different. Any help appreciated thanks.

A single infusion will work just fine for your Dunkel.

williamo123 said:

Ok so I'm going to do an all grain dunkelweizen next weekend, I'm buying malted wheat and the supplier says it requires a protein rest. As far as I know protein rest increases clarity (not important for this style) does anyone have any recommendations on what to do here. Is the protein rest necessary? I can also get torrified wheat although I'm not sure how it's different. Any help appreciated thanks.

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Malted wheat is just that, wheat that has been malted. Depending on how well it has been modified tells you whether or not a protein rest is in order.

Torrified wheat on the other hand is unmalted wheat. It has been specially processed to break down quickly so you do not have to pre-cook it like raw wheat to get to the enzymes and starches

Torrified wheat will benefit from a protein rest.

with that behind you, what you should try is a double decoction mash on that dunkelweizen