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I'm going to do an exprerimental beer soon and am trying to find the gravity contribution of wheat and rye flour. Promash doesn't have either listed as an ingredient choice. I think the best fit is white wheat (1.040/lb).

I'm going to bake a couple loaves of a Swedish rye bread I have a recipe for and then process them to crumbs and mash them. I figured I would just put the ingredients for the bread (inlcuding molasses which is listed) in the Promash recipe and add the 6-row I need for conversion and then top off to the OG I want with pale, probably a bit of crystal, maybe some honey malt.

So does anybody have a clue to the gravity contribution of flour so I can make a custom ingredient in Promash? Also any other thoughts for specialty grains to include? Maybe some Special B to complement the rummy notes from the molasses (so I've read, I've never used molasses in a beer). The bread is basically white and rye flour plus molasses.
 
pjj2ba said:
I'm going to do an exprerimental beer soon and am trying to find the gravity contribution of wheat and rye flour. Promash doesn't have either listed as an ingredient choice. I think the best fit is white wheat (1.040/lb).

I'm going to bake a couple loaves of a Swedish rye bread I have a recipe for and then process them to crumbs and mash them. I figured I would just put the ingredients for the bread (inlcuding molasses which is listed) in the Promash recipe and add the 6-row I need for conversion and then top off to the OG I want with pale, probably a bit of crystal, maybe some honey malt.

So does anybody have a clue to the gravity contribution of flour so I can make a custom ingredient in Promash? Also any other thoughts for specialty grains to include? Maybe some Special B to complement the rummy notes from the molasses (so I've read, I've never used molasses in a beer). The bread is basically white and rye flour plus molasses.

Wheat flour: 1.038
Rye flour: 1.036
molasses: 1.036

This is sooo cool dude, brewing like the Sumarians. Keep us posted, OK? Cheers....:)
 
Iordz said:
Why do you want to know the gravity contributed by flour, are you planning to make Kvass?

Sort of a Kvass. My understanding is that a true Kvass is brewed with just bread. I'm looking to supplement a standard AG recipe with a couple loaves of baked bread.

Old Farmer, thanks for the data.

The baked bread should convert fairly well, especially since I'm planning on using some 6-row. I'll also add some rice hulls just in case, but with my tun, I can mash a 50% wheat grain bill, with no rice hulls, and have no danger of a stuck sparge.
 
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