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What is Flaked Wheat?

Discussion in 'All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing' started by Atrudkin24, Oct 19, 2014.

 

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    Atrudkin24

    Member

    Posted Oct 19, 2014
    I am looking at a recipe that calls for Flaked White Wheat, America. Am I overthinking this or can I just buy flaked wheat?
     
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    trimixdiver1

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 19, 2014

    Why would buying flaked wheat be overthinking it? Just get some at your LHBS. Most of the time it's going to be American white wheat.
     
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    Talgrath

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Oct 20, 2014
    Technically, white wheat is a wheat grown specifically to not have the reddish tinge to it that normal "red" wheat has. White wheat, supposedly, has a slightly higher protein content than red wheat as well and a slightly different flavor. That said, I've only ever seen white wheat malted, never flaked, and a quick search found exactly nothing on three major brewing supply shops. So either you would need to buy white wheat and flake it yourself, or do what I would do and assume the person that wrote that recipe does not know what white wheat is. Of course, if they don't know what they are talking about in regards to flaked wheat, I'm not sure I'd trust the rest of their recipe myself.
     
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