New Brunswick Craft Brewers Association

Brewing => Technique => Topic started by: john.keess on March 12, 2011, 06:07:02 PM

Title: Malted Wheat
Post by: john.keess on March 12, 2011, 06:07:02 PM

I've been wanting to make an all-local, all-grain Belgian-inspired wheat beer for awhile but am having a hard time finding the malts. Especially troubling is a lack of locally malted wheat. I can probably do the malt myself.

Speerville offers cracked wheat. Would I be able to malt it after it has been cracked?

Title: Re: Malted Wheat
Post by: Richard on March 12, 2011, 07:23:02 PM

I highly doubt it, since malting involves germination, and cracked grain is most definitely "dead".

Title: Re: Malted Wheat
Post by: Kyle on March 12, 2011, 07:48:29 PM

+1 to what Richard said

Title: Re: Malted Wheat
Post by: Richard on March 12, 2011, 08:04:53 PM

I'd imagine that they'd be willing to supply you some "live", for your malting pleasure.