What kind of wheat for Hefeweizen?

[DNW]

I am looking at the Briess listing at LD Carlson (the supplier of our LHBS) and see #1936 Wheat and #1939 White Wheat. Which would be the appropriate one for a Bavarian Hefe?

TIA,

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Either one will work fine.

 

[OLDBREW]

white wheat is better imo, but to make a good german hefeweizen, you need to use better mailt then briess weyermann or best malz come to mind.

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Since when is Briess a poor quality malt? I've used Briess for years and never noticed any drop in quality with my beers.

 

[passedpawn]

Since when is Briess a poor quality malt? I've used Briess for years and never noticed any drop in quality with my beers.

agree .

 

[DNW]

Thanks for your replies. I think I will try the White Wheat.

 

[OLDBREW]

Breiss has always been a lower grade malt product as far back as I can remember. Canadian malting group has better base malts IMHO

 

[Tonedef131]

It just needs to be malted wheat, but if you are going for the most traditional hefeweizen possible I would use a German maltster.

 

[wscott823]

I think the key is OPINION. I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I say many brewers here have great success with their breiss malts for wheat beers.