stoutdrinker
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While looking at various types and brands of malt I came accross this on another HB site about wheat malt;
All grain brewers will add 5% to every recipe to aid head retention. Used (would you believe) in wheat beers at a maximum of 70% of an all-grain grist.
Ok so I have some questions,
1 Does it work?
2 Is this a common practice ie do many AG'ers actually add wheat for this reason
3 Do many brewers add anything specifically for head retention at all and if so is it wheat or something else?
I've been collecting recipes for ales/porters/stouts and very few have wheat listed as an ingredient. If it is important is it something that just gets added to each brew as the quote mentioned without it being listed as a specific ingredient.
Cheers, :beer:
Stout
All grain brewers will add 5% to every recipe to aid head retention. Used (would you believe) in wheat beers at a maximum of 70% of an all-grain grist.
Ok so I have some questions,
1 Does it work?
2 Is this a common practice ie do many AG'ers actually add wheat for this reason
3 Do many brewers add anything specifically for head retention at all and if so is it wheat or something else?
I've been collecting recipes for ales/porters/stouts and very few have wheat listed as an ingredient. If it is important is it something that just gets added to each brew as the quote mentioned without it being listed as a specific ingredient.
Cheers, :beer:
Stout