100% wheat beer

[Steveruch]

Anyone out there ever brew a wheat beer with only wheat mal?

 

[Witherby]

Anyone out there ever brew a wheat beer with only wheat mal?

I once brewed a grodziskie with 100% oak-smoked wheat malt. And rice hulls!

 

[Agent]

I once made a 100% wheat beer with all home-malted wheat. It had a haze that wouldn't drop clear, was a sludgy PITA to clean from the kettle, and had a spiciness to it that was unfamiliar. Not a great showcase beer, except for what <$10/10 gal could get you.

 

[AlexKay]

Grodziskie++. All-wheat is generally great, with the noted sometimes-hard-to-resolve haziness.

The foam is so great you might need to rebalance your lines.

 

[MaxStout]

I've brewed a couple Grodziskies with 100% smoked wheat. They were BIAB, but added a pound of rice hulls each time. No problems lautering.

The beers turned out great. I bottle, so no line issues.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I say do it. When you ask questions like this on the web, there is always a danger that style-bound brewers will talk you out of doing something good.

I make a beer which, I believe, is 73% wheat. All the other brewers told me it was daft to build a castle in the swamp, but I built it all the same.

I mean, all the other brewers told me it was daft to brew a beer with 73% wheat, but I brewed it all the same. I love it. Sort of like Hoegaarden, but a lot better.

 

[MicroMickey]

I've brewed Grodziskie a few times. I once brewed an all-wheat Porter that scored a 46/50 in a local competition. The lautering problem can be managed by the addition of rice or oat hulls. I find in a 9# grain bill, a double handful of hulls is sufficient.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Rice or oat hulls are mandatory for a wheat beer. Nobody wants a stuck mash. Adding the hulls is cheap insurance.

Anyone brewing a wheat shouldn't expect it to be clear. Cloudiness or haze is typical when using wheat as it's higher in protein than barley. Letting a wheat beer sit for an extended time some of the haze will settle out. Don't bother, just enjoy it!

 

[Witherby]

Rice or oat hulls are mandatory for a wheat beer. Nobody wants a stuck mash. Adding the hulls is cheap insurance.

Anyone brewing a wheat shouldn't expect it to be clear. Cloudiness or haze is typical when using wheat as it's higher in protein than barley. Letting a wheat beer sit for an extended time some of the haze will settle out. Don't bother, just enjoy it!

The 100% wheat grodziskie I brewed is the only time I have ever used gelatin to fine a beer, but it came out crystal clear.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

The 100% wheat grodziskie I brewed is the only time I have ever used gelatin to fine a beer, but it came out crystal clear.

Nice.

Yup, using a fining agent will help drop out the particulates to clear up the beer, not an impossible task but I personally like that a wheat beer is cloudy.

 

[mashdar]

For a second, I thought of this
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/100-malted-corn-lager-double-decoction-mash.700550/

Then remembered that it was 100% corn mash.