CharlesB Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Hi to all, I was wondering if anyone here ever tried to make an all wheat whiskey. I know they exist and I’ve had a few... but can’t find much info on them. Malted wheat is not the easiest grain to find. So I was wondering if it would do a huge difference in taste to use unmalted. We work with a single farmer and he doesn’t have any malting capacity. Thank you very much! Charles Boileau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Waters Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 We have done several batches of this and, although we have only release a couple barrels so far, has been my favorite. We used 85% red wheat and 15% malted wheat, both sourced from Briess. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 http://westernmalt.webs.com/brochure.htm check these guys out charles . good outfit to deal with by the bag or by the ton . if iwas you i would run a test batch one with malted wheat and one with raw wheat converted with enzymes , to see if the extra expense of malting changes anything to the taste your looking for . last mountain distillers in lumbsden sask has a incredible wheat whisky but im not sure of there grain bill , great western brewery in saskatoon sask uses malted wheat for a all grain beer , and im guessing there both getting it from western malt . i guess it all depends on where you are located lol . tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesB Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 Thanks guys! This confirms that we’re on the right track! We really want to work as close a possible to the source of our products. So we’ll probably end up using some local malted barley (if need be). Cheers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestar Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 We just ran some 80% malted red wheat. Definitely a sweeter, fuller flavor than unmalted wheat. We'll see what kind of whiskey it is in a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson bay distillers Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 say blue star are you talking 80 percent of your mash bill is malted wheat and 20 percent un malted . or are you talking 80 percent abv off a malted wheat batch . tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesB Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 17 hours ago, Hudson bay distillers said: say blue star are you talking 80 percent of your mash bill is malted wheat and 20 percent un malted . or are you talking 80 percent abv off a malted wheat batch . tim Good question!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendodistilling Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I think bluestar meant that 20% red wheat is unmalted, and 80% of the red wheat is malted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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