Dingemans pale malt.

[Dave1970]

I think that I might have asked this question before but here it goes again!
Do people brew wheat beer because they are closet cider drinkers or is it simply that they have difficulty in brewing a nice bright pint?

I do the odd weissbeer because:

1. I like it, I like cider too, not in the closet about it
2. It's ready quick
3. Lager drinking mates tend to like it, I have done an AG lager too but it takes a lot longer

 

[pittsy]

You try using 70% wheat in a beer and see if it's clear , besides brewing a wheat is a lot more work than most brews

 

[brewtim]

Both my wheats have dropped crystal clear after a few weeks, I must be doing something wrong :)

I brew em cos they are bloody tasty and make a refreshing change from bitters and porters etc.

 

[dennisking]

Would this malt add some oomph to a nice heavy imperial stout, do you think? Not that my last recipe needs much more oomph, but variety is the spice of life n all that :-)

I was expecting a deeper malt taste. What you get is a different malt taste. As I said it is almost a fruity malt. This is the first beer made with this malt so early days. I have others conditioning, one in the FV and another to brew so will make my mind up further down the road.

 

[Theakston Tickler]

I bought a sack of the Dingemans pale malt recently and have used it, like dennisking, in a fairly hop restrained beer and feel the malt does push forward more than I'd expect with Maris Otter, for example. It doesn't totally dominate the flavour but is not a passenger in the beer either. One thing that did surprise me was how dark the beer was as it went into my PB and how much lighter in colour it is now, from an orange shade to a light gold. I've also used this malt in a wheat beer recently which is warm conditioning at the moment, the swift half pint whilst bottling was nice but we'll wait and see.

IPA - I brew wheat beers (amongst other styles) because I really like the taste of them, the quick maturing is just a bonus. All my AG bottles and barrels have cleared and that includes wheat beer if I can stand to leave it alone. Wheat beer is great if you like it and we all brew because what we produce makes us happy. :drink:

 

[IPA]

You try using 70% wheat in a beer and see if it's clear , besides brewing a wheat is a lot more work than most brews

Crystalweiss?

 

[pittsy]

To get a more cloudy beer (wheat) boil for at least 90 mins , the larger proteins will drop out better and this will help the smaller proteins to not clump together (to the larger ones) and not fall out so easily . It's harder than you think to keep a beer cloudy (after around 4 weeks or so ) . Or using raw wheat will increase the cloudy look longer too . Getting a clear beer is fairly easy , you try making a beer stay cloudy .

 

[brewtim]

Just picked up 25Kg of Dingemans Pale from Rob today, also a smaller amount of Munich I, looking forward to using it :thumb:

My malt selection is almost as large as my hop selection now: MO, Pale, Pilsner, Wheat, Crystal, Brown, Amber, Choc, Black and a couple more I've forgotten about :shock: