Wheat and Maize Grain Bill

[tesgüino]

Long unimportant story as to why, but on Sunday I mashed with a 50/50 mix of malted wheat/flaked maize. Hopped to 17 IBU with Willamette and added some simple sugar at the end of the boil. It’s now fermenting nicely with a clean ale yeast. The brewday was done for testing some new equipment, but what do you think this beer will be like? I can't find any information on a grain bill like this.

[morticaixavier]

kinda bland I would think but who knows. maize doesn't add much and wheat all by itself is pretty neutral. How did the sparge go? that's gotta be a sticky one!

[BrewArk]

How long did you mash?  Did you do an iodine test?  With no barley I'd expect trouble getting full conversion.  Does that mean low alcohol with lots of body?

[tesgüino]

I used white wheat. It's got a pretty high diastatic power. Had no problem with conversion. Mashed low and still got 80% efficiency. Actually was only planning on 75%, so it'll be a little bigger than planned. Fermenting at a low temperature to keep it clean. At first I was thinking it'd be something like a Cream Ale, but most of the recipes I see use pilsner and less corn. It might end up closer to a real basic American Wheat if the wheat is the only flavor contributer.

[tesgüino]

How did the sparge go? that's gotta be a sticky one!

I was really worried about this. I did a decoction mash-out and had trouble getting the thin wort to come through a strainer. Suprisingly the lauter went fine.

Must have helped that the first thing that went into the tun was a pound of rice hulls.