White Wheat Malt - Great Western Malting

Regular price $3.69
Great Western White Wheat Malt delivers soft, balanced sweetness, light bready flavor, and excellent foam retention. Grown in the Pacific Northwest, this premium malt enhances body, head stability, and mouthfeel, making it ideal for wheat beers.
  • Packed Fresh, To-Order
  • Available milled or unmilled
  • Enhances foam formation and stability
  • Soft balanced wheat flavor
  • Very pale straw to light gold color
  • 1 lb ships in our resealable pouch. 2+ lb comes in a stay fresh heat-sealed bag.

Choose from Milled or Unmilled
Lovibond
Lovibond refers to a scale used to measure the color of malt, wort, and beer. It's a visual method, comparing a sample to a series of colored glass discs or color charts. The scale is still widely used, especially for describing the color of malts, and is closely related to the Standard Reference Method (SRM) for measuring beer color. 
Scale from 10°-120°
Product Analysis
This typical analysis is not to be construed as product specification. Typical analysis represents average values, not to be considered as guarantees, expressed or implied, nor as a condition of sale.

Malt Style, Wheat Malt, Base Malt
Flavor, Sweet, malty, bready
Color, Yellow Gold
Lovibond, 3~4º
Moisture, 5%
Benefits, Enhances body, foam retention, and soft wheat character

Flavor Notes

Soft wheat sweetness with light bready character; subtle grain complexity complements yeast-driven flavors.

Mouthfeel Impact

Adds creamy body, improved foam retention, and contributes to characteristic haze in wheat beers.

Brewing Performance

• Light straw to pale gold color (2–3°L)
• High protein for body and head retention
• Supports 50%+ usage in single-malt wheat beers
• Reliable extract and fermentability

White Wheat Malt enhances wheat-focused beers while blending well with barley base malts for balanced body and foam.

Best Used In:

• Hefeweizen
• American Wheat Beer
• Belgian Witbier
• Dunkelweizen
• Kölsch
• Wheatwine

White Wheat Malt forms the backbone of wheat beers and can also be used to improve body and foam in blended ales.

In All-Grain Brewing

5% for foam enhancement in any style
10–20% for added body in lighter ales and Kölsch
50%+ for traditional wheat beers

In Partial Mash Brewing

Include in mash to contribute fermentable sugars, body, and foam stability.

In Extract Brewing

Must be mashed; cannot be steeped alone. Requires enzymatic conversion for fermentable sugars.

Pairing Suggestions

Pairs well with:

• Pilsen malt
• 2-Row malt
• Munich malt
• Noble hops
• German wheat yeast
• Belgian yeast strains

Usage Rates
Up to 100%
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Can make up 50%+ of the grain bill in wheat beers.

Can I steep White Wheat Malt instead of mashing?

Use 5% for foam, 10–20% for added body, or 50%+ in wheat-focused recipes.

Adds mild malt sweetness and soft grain character without heavy residual sugar.

Yes. Protein content contributes to natural haze in wheat and hazy beer styles.

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