H hb771 Active Member Joined Jul 20, 2015 Messages 28 Reaction score 0 Jun 8, 2016 #1 have you made a golden ale with 50% un malted wheat?? How about 100% unmalted wheat? What kind of wheat and how was it???
have you made a golden ale with 50% un malted wheat?? How about 100% unmalted wheat? What kind of wheat and how was it???
B BigEd Well-Known Member Joined Nov 5, 2004 Messages 3,019 Reaction score 558 Jun 8, 2016 #2 A witbeer is approximately 50% unmalted wheat. 100% unmalted wheat or any other grain for that matter isn't going to fly. You need malted grain to make a mash. Have you ever made beer before or read a brewing book?
A witbeer is approximately 50% unmalted wheat. 100% unmalted wheat or any other grain for that matter isn't going to fly. You need malted grain to make a mash. Have you ever made beer before or read a brewing book?
OP OP H hb771 Active Member Joined Jul 20, 2015 Messages 28 Reaction score 0 Jun 10, 2016 #3 I would guess almost all beer in the middle ages was made with unmalted grain.
The_Bishop Well-Known Member Joined Dec 8, 2013 Messages 2,100 Reaction score 676 Jun 10, 2016 #4 You would be dead wrong. No conversion from starch to sugar without the enzymes in malted grain.
M Mer-man Well-Known Member Joined Apr 10, 2014 Messages 867 Reaction score 224 Location Copenhagen, Denmark Jun 14, 2016 #5 Chicha! The fermentation of corn after chewing, where the alpha amylase comes from saliva. One can buy enzymes, but meh
Chicha! The fermentation of corn after chewing, where the alpha amylase comes from saliva. One can buy enzymes, but meh