Wheat more water absorption than barley?

[W0rthog]

Has anyone noticed that wheat absorbs more water than barley?

It's the only reason I can come up with why I am short on my post sparge wort volume.


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[LKABrewer]

Did you use rice hulls? Did you pre-soak them?

 

[W0rthog]

I used a pound of rice hulls, as usual. no pre-soak, just a single infusion with mash out.

it seems to me I come up a little short on my target fermentor wort volume when I include wheat.

I suppose next time I'll fudge the grain absorption to compensate.


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[gwapogorilla]

That's a lot of rice hulls! Probably too much. Try presoaking them in hot water next time, and of course, never run the hulls through the grain mill.