Intriguing flavour of wheat

[oldjiver]

A couple of months ago I brewed a bitter and for the first time added a bit of wheat malt to try to improve the head. I was disappointed with the result as the beer never cleared properly. I put this down to either the liquor (I am new to this area) treatment or the malt not converting the wheat properly. I tried a couple of bottles today. Still not completely clear, but WHAT a taste. My favourite beer of all time is EFES lager on draught in Turkey. (dont bother with the Tesco EFES bottles). The background flavour reminds me of passing a field of wheat when they are harvesting it and having a good sniff!! EFES has it and so does my beer although it is nothing like a lager. The smell will be familiar to us country boys but you towny's wont know what I am talking about. :wha:

 

[Templar]

In my experience (of drinking it, rather than brewing it) wheat beer is never entirely clear. Can't give you the reasons why, just don't fret about it too much.

 

[pittsy]

sounds like you would enjoy an American style wheat beer ( not a german hefeweizen) it's a very wheaty drink brewed with ale yeast , no banana,clove etc .

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

I like to use wheat............. northern head rules!!!

BB

 

[oldjiver]

I like to use wheat............. northern head rules!!!

BB

Do you have clarity problems?

 

[pittsy]

Usually around 200g is about enough for a brew that uses wheat for head retention and you should have any clarity issues with such a small amount (approx 4% of grain bill) getting cloudy beer isn't as easy as you might think (if you wanted it )

 

[JKaranka]

I've used up to 800g and got only a slight haze. With 300g or less I get clear beer. I do like the slight dryness and wheat flavour it gives, though!