Crapola man! I never even saw these posts… I guess I need to spend more time in here! I am still a pretty die-hard green board guy!
Personally, I drop my eff’s for all my wheat’s. My normal eff is 83%, thus the 75% I posted. I should have explained that better.
I don’t step mash wheats. Just like most all my brews, a single infusion does the trick. I have tried on occasion, but found for my taste it didn’t matter much. I would say that with step mashes, the eff is slightly better with the wheats, but a longer mash seems to do as well. Wheat does have enough boogers to convert itself given time. I also find that a good mash out helps. My link in my sig shows a pretty good overview of how I mash out…
Stuck mashes… Well the only stuck mash I ever had was when I pulled off an ALL WHEAT STOUT! But I managed to get through the day anyway and it made a GREAT beer, and proved that wheat can indeed convert itself if given time.
Even still, your 1.046 will make a GREAT beer!
So what yeasties did you go with?


