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[Sharkman]

Or local home brew club covered wheat beers, and the pro brewer in the club mentioned that they used raw wheat (aka wheat berries) as about 10%20 of their grain bill. Since I was planning on brewing a wheat tomorrow, I picked up some wheat berries.I now have two questions. Do I need to do a cereal mash with the berries before brewing? What will be the expected potential SG (pppg) for these. Do I substitute 1 for one with the malted wheat?Thanks.

[djinkc]

Yeah, most will do a cereal mash or just boil to gelatinize before the mash. Wheat will gelatinize at mash temps - how long that takes I don't know. If you're willing to try it just mash a lot longer. Gravity points, don't know but I would think for calculating I would treat it as malted wheat.I'd like to hear how it turns out.

[BrewerGeorge]

DJ has the right of it. I've read many arguments about whether wheat will gelate at mash temps. The science seems to support the fact that it will, but I don't know how long that takes. I use flaked or do a stovetop cereal mash for the wheat portion.And if you haven't figured it out yet, wheat berries are a stone bitch to mill.

[tag]

I haven't heard of anyone doing a cereal mash for wheat. Corn and rice yes.Wheat gelatinizes by 147F.