wheat flour

[lukehgriffiths]

So fed up of my current delicious porter losing a lovely head in seconds I decided to look through GW for head retaining ingredients suitable for ales (rather than stouts where flaked and roasted barley does a great job).
I decided wheat flour looked a good idea. Wheeler says to.use a brewing flour but where to obtain such stuff... A quick Google didn't offer much.and the wife being on my.back stopped me investigating all the sponsor links. Is there any baking flour that would be as good?

 

[wilsoa1111]

was just looking at some posts about this apprently cake flour for biscuits is good- NOT the stuff for breadmaking

wheat malt looks safer tbh though

 

[Baz Chaz]

I use torrefied wheat as an additive, from one of our forum sponsors, I add it to my order when I get a 25g bag of grain .....

http://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/index.ph ... oductId=39

 

[boozy_shoes]

Early on after switching to AG someone told me to add a small portion of wheat malt to my grist. Since then i've added 200-250g of wheat malt in every brew I do (5 gallon) and i've never struggled with poor head retention.

 

[graysalchemy]

If you want to be a. Northerner then you need about 5% wheat malt. Torrified wheat is food of the devil and van taste like shredded wheat.

I wouldn't use flour as it can play havoc with your mash.

Finally you can use rolled oats. Toasted for stout or plain for bitter and pales gives a lovelly smoothness too, but I would use it as an addition to wheat malt.

 

[lukehgriffiths]

Okay so cake flour or mated wheat next time I order... Fairly sure Murphy and Sons do malted wheat. Just the book said flour imparts less flavour. I guess malted wheat more.sensible for pales as less likely to haze.

Thanks guys.

 

[graysalchemy]

Flour will bung up the mash and it wheat malt doesn't really impart much flavour IMHO unlike torrified wheat.

 

[lukehgriffiths]

Thought I'd bump this. Used McDougals 00 grade flour in a brew. No mash issues. 30 min glucan rest used... Will use wheat once flour gone though as it costs 1.80 a kilo!