Advice when mashing with wheat?

[MikeinCT]

Here is the recipe:

Batch size 5.5 gallons
6lbs German Pilsner malt
4.5lbs American Wheat Malt
1.5lbs Munich Malt

0.75oz Tettnanger hop pellets (60min)
0.25oz Cascade hop pellets (20 min)

Fermented with WLP051 (California common V)

I have never mashed with wheat. Any advice on times and temperatures.

The rest of the recipe is here. It all leads to a Strawberry Blonde for the ladies.

http://www.brew-dudes.com/strawberry-blonde-ale-recipe/115

thanks, Mike

thanks, MIke

 

[milldoggy]

Treat just like any other grain. If it is your first time, add a half lb of rice hulls. Wheat has no husk/hull, so depending on your manifold, it might clog it without some hulls.

 

[Captain Damage]

In broad, over-generalizing terms, wheat beers tend to not be heavy-bodied. So higher mash temps are probably not recommended. So I'd probably mash this one at 150F, 60-90 minutes. Throw in a few handfuls of rice hulls to help prevent a stuck sparge.

 

[Hammy71]

Yes, rice hulls are a must.

 

[lafolielapper]

huh...wheat beers can run from being very light to having substantial body without being tool heavy. I personally mash my strawberry blondes at 154...no rice hulls...but that's up to you. I use a cpvc manifold and never had a stuck sparge.

 

[MikeinCT]

So it sounds like - mash as usual and be on guard for stuck sparge. In my tun I have a hard manifold but I also use a biab bag for a liner. So I have been pretty good about sparge drain.

thanks guys, Mike

 

[Jdk261]

So it sounds like - mash as usual and be on guard for stuck sparge. In my tun I have a hard manifold but I also use a biab bag for a liner. So I have been pretty good about sparge drain.

thanks guys, Mike

Don't forget the rice hulls. Just throw a handful in there, you won't regret it..

 

[milldoggy]

Oh, some like a mash step at 120. It helps with proteins or something. I actually have been doing a step at 112 for my hefes. It creates some chemical with a long name that is helps make that distinct bavarian hefe taste.