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You need a base malt to provide the enzymes to convert your honey malt and flaked wheat.
Quote from: Robert on April 11, 2018, 04:52:54 pmYou need a base malt to provide the enzymes to convert your honey malt and flaked wheat.thanks robertim thinking a mild ale malt or a wheat malti guess the honey malt isnt a base malt? i didnt know there was a difference, its my second batch, the last one i did was an extract kit, so i wanted to try my hand at all grain, but ive never malted barley so i decided on baby steps lol
Quote from: ninjaslave on April 11, 2018, 08:06:40 pmQuote from: Robert on April 11, 2018, 04:52:54 pmYou need a base malt to provide the enzymes to convert your honey malt and flaked wheat.thanks robertim thinking a mild ale malt or a wheat malti guess the honey malt isnt a base malt? i didnt know there was a difference, its my second batch, the last one i did was an extract kit, so i wanted to try my hand at all grain, but ive never malted barley so i decided on baby steps lolHoney malt (aka brumalt or melanoidin malt) is made by a process similar to caramel malt and contains no enzymes (diastatic power 0.0° Lintner.) But unlike drum-produced caramel/crystal malts it is not completely vitrified and does retain some starch, so cannot just be steeped either. It must be mashed with an enzymatic malt, same as the flaked wheat. It should be limited to no more than 20% of the grain bill. You could also include up to 30% flaked wheat, and an American 2 row brewers malt at 50% could, in theory, still convert the mash. Mild ale and wheat malts are only able to convert themselves, they are not intended to convert adjuncts. Maybe you should gain some more practical understanding of the principles of all grain brewing before jumping into recipe creation. People around here will be glad to help you along the way.
Thanks, Jeff, for catching me on wheat malt. Still would not want to start all grain brewing there though.
OP herei might try a 6 row base malt pale, im still working out my measurements1 galon -american pale 6 row -honey malt (melanoidin) -flaked wheatprobably boil the wheat before i add it to my mashwill the 6 row be enough to convert my adjunct being the flaked wheat? will i have to get lager yeast? or will I have enough simple sugars to convert into alcohol?really hope i can ale itthanks guys, im just jumping right into it, im sure it will be a brewing massacre but i will learn a lot from it i hope