I'm on my 5th attempt at mashing wheat (50% wheat this time, the other times 60% wheat), and I have yet another throw away batch. The first 4 times I got basically no conversion (like 40% brewhouse efficiency when I expect to get 80% for that grain bill). This time it's a stuck mash. I always use oat hulls.
I've had my Robobrew for a while and I've done about 20 mashes with it, 15 of them barley. Only 1 barley mash was a throw away (stuck mash, crappy all grain kit that was basically powder and I didn't have any oat hulls at the time). I design my recipes on Beersmith and almost always get to within 2-4 gravity points of my recipe. But for some reason wheat just doesn't work at all for me.
I would really like to make a wheat beer but no matter what I do it just never works. I've read plenty of online guides, got the brew shop guy to tighten his grain mill to ensure a good crush but nothing works. I've tried going to a different supplier for my malt and still it doesn't work.
I've had my Robobrew for a while and I've done about 20 mashes with it, 15 of them barley. Only 1 barley mash was a throw away (stuck mash, crappy all grain kit that was basically powder and I didn't have any oat hulls at the time). I design my recipes on Beersmith and almost always get to within 2-4 gravity points of my recipe. But for some reason wheat just doesn't work at all for me.
I would really like to make a wheat beer but no matter what I do it just never works. I've read plenty of online guides, got the brew shop guy to tighten his grain mill to ensure a good crush but nothing works. I've tried going to a different supplier for my malt and still it doesn't work.