Wheat Malt

Soft Bready Flavor • Fluffy Body and Lasting Foam • Essential for Wheat Beers

Wheat Malt is the defining grain of the world's wheat beer traditions, prized for its soft, bready flavor and the full, fluffy body and rocky white head it builds. Its high protein content gives wheat beers their signature pillowy mouthfeel and brilliant foam stand, while its flavor stays gentle and fresh.

With an extract potential of 38 PPG and a color of 2 °Lovibond, Wheat Malt is one of the most efficient grains in the brewhouse and keeps the wort pale and bright. Because wheat has no husk, it is almost always mashed alongside barley malt, which provides the filter bed for lautering.

Flavor & Aroma Profile

• Soft, fresh bready flavor
• Gentle dough-like sweetness
• Smooth, fluffy, full body
• Dense, long-lasting white foam
• Light hazy-gold appearance at higher rates

A few percent of Wheat Malt quietly improves head retention in any style; at 30% it lends noticeable softness; and at 50–70% it delivers the full pillowy character that defines hefeweizens and witbiers.

Brewing Applications

Wheat Malt is a staple ingredient in many classic wheat beer styles, including:

• Hefeweizen
• American Wheat Beer
• Witbier
• Dunkelweizen
• Berliner Weisse
• Gose

It is also widely used at low rates in pale ales, blondes, and lagers purely for its foam-building and body-enhancing properties.

Usage Recommendations

Wheat Malt is typically used at up to 70% of the grain bill. German wheat beer tradition calls for at least 50% in a hefeweizen, while 3–5% additions improve foam and mouthfeel in nearly any recipe; keep enough barley malt in the mash to ensure smooth lautering.

Pair it with an expressive wheat yeast like WB-06 for banana-and-clove character, or a clean American strain for a crisp, refreshing wheat ale.

Specifications

• PPG (Points Per Pound Per Gallon): 38
• Color: 2 °Lovibond
• Flavor Notes: Bready, soft, fluffy body
• Usage Rate: Up to 70% of grain bill
• Beer Styles: Hefeweizens, wits, American wheats, Berliner weisses, goses

Whether you're crafting a classic Bavarian hefeweizen, a zesty witbier, or simply chasing a better head on your pale ale, Wheat Malt provides the soft bready flavor and pillowy foam that wheat beers are loved for.