BESTMALZ BEST Wheat Malt · per 100 g

Tangy, fresh wheat character, a rich head of foam and a fuller body. BEST Wheat is the base for every style of wheat beer, at up to 60 % of the grist.

3.5–6.0 EBC · 1.8–2.7 °L · Up to 60 % of grist · Extract min. 82 % · Malted wheat · Sold per 100 g

What it does in your beer

BESTMALZ makes it from German brewing wheat and lists lemon and clove in its sensory profile — the tangy freshness and typical taste of a top-fermented wheat beer. It also builds foam and body, while adding very little colour at 3.5–6.0 EBC.

Use it for Weissbier and Hefeweizen, Dunkelweizen, Weizenbock, Kölsch, Belgian-style wheat beers and alcohol-reduced or alcohol-free beers; a share in a pale ale or IPA works too. BESTMALZ recommends up to 60 % of the grain bill, so the rest of the grist is usually a pale barley malt.

At a glance

How much for a 20 L batch

Up to 60 % of the grist. On a typical 5 kg grist for 20 L that's up to 3,000 g — order up to 30 × 100 g and make up the rest with barley malt.

Each 1 kg in 20 L adds ≈ +11.2 gravity points (≈ +2.8 °P) at 75 % efficiency, so 3 kg brings ≈ +33.6 points of your OG before the barley malt is counted (approx., extract-based; extract 82 %, moisture 5.5 %).

Quantity is in 100 g units, so every 10 you enter is 1 kg of wheat malt.

How to use

• Keep it within 60 % of the grist and fill the balance with a pale barley malt such as Pilsner.
• It brings enzymes of its own (min. 250 WK diastatic power).
• Order in 100 g steps: 2.5 kg = 25, 3 kg = 30.
• No mill at home? Crushed saves you the job — just brew within about 5 days of delivery.

Pairs well with

Brewing a Hefeweizen? Try it with our Czech Pilsner malt as the barley share and SafAle WB-06 or LalBrew Munich Classic yeast.

Storage & shelf life

• BESTMALZ quotes at least 24 months when the malt is kept below 20 °C at max. 35 % relative humidity.
• Close an opened bag tightly; moisture is the enemy.
• Crushed wheat malt: mash it within about 5 days of the parcel arriving.

Food information

• Food business operator: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic
• Name: Wheat malt
• Ingredients: malted wheat (wheat, water)
• Allergens: contains wheat (cereal containing gluten)
• Net quantity: 100 g per unit ordered
• Country of origin: Germany
• Storage: dry (max. 35 % RH), below 20 °C

Údaje o potravině (CZ)

• Název: Pšeničný slad
• Složení: pšeničný slad (pšenice, voda)
• Alergeny: obsahuje pšenici (obilovina obsahující lepek)
• Čisté množství: 100 g za každý objednaný kus
• Země původu: Německo
• Skladování: v suchu (max. 35 % rel. vlhkosti), pod 20 °C
• Provozovatel potravinářského podniku: Radek Milota – BO PIVO, Hlavní 35, 742 83 Olbramice, Czech Republic

Good to know

• Each unit is 100 g — enter 30 for 3 kg.
• Whole grain or Crushed? Set it in the Milling option. Crushed malt is milled right before dispatch, so brew it within about 5 days.
• All brewing ingredients leave our partner warehouse in the Czech Republic as a parcel of their own, apart from equipment orders.
• Made from wheat: it contains gluten and is not suitable for a gluten-free diet.
• BESTMALZ notes that its analysis values are subject to harvest variation.

FAQ

Why only up to 60 %?
That's BESTMALZ's recommended maximum for BEST Wheat. Make up the rest of the grist with a pale barley malt.

Is wheat malt gluten-free?
No. Wheat is a cereal containing gluten.

Can I use it outside wheat beers?
Yes. BESTMALZ lists Kölsch, other top-fermented beers and alcohol-reduced or alcohol-free beers, and a share in a pale ale or IPA works as well.

Whole grain or Crushed — which should I pick?
Crushed if you don't own a mill: it is milled before dispatch and best brewed within about 5 days. Whole grain if you mill at home.