Rice hulls

[Soren]

Where can I find some rice hulls, nobody seems to sell them??

[jt]

I think they're a probhibited import due to possible insects etc

[Soren]

hmmm, so what do people use for their wheat beers, oat husks? and where would you get those from? As you may tell, I haven't made a wheat beer since the extract days...:)

[denimglen]

I've done 60% wheat - 40% barley without too much dramas, you just gotta be slow and gentle.

[Soren]

hmmm, I hope you're right. i may try and make a 40% wheat tomorrow and I seriously cannot stand a stuck mash!:)

[Soren]

I take back my pessimism!:) Brewed a 30% wheat malt, 7% oat yesterday and it didnt stick (it was just slow), despite me even milling the grain too fine, and I threw in some wheatbix as well. Further more the sparge was so slow that the temperature had fallen to 60C by the time I was done and it still kept going, slowly though. If I had milled the grain right and kept the tempretaure up I recon it would have gone pretty normal. thanks for the advise guys.

[MrC]

I've done 60% wheat, 40% barley also without any dramas.

[donald stewart]

hi, are you still looking for oat hull?
Harraway &Sons LTD
161 Main South Road
Green Island
Dunedin
03 488 3073
they only sell them by the sack, and they are very big sacks
if you need a smaller amount ,i could send you some
i put them in all my brews to be safe and to use them up

[Soren]

and they are very big sacks

Finally got around to calling Harraway this morning and indeed they are big sacks. Just under 2 cubic meters, who wants to go halves??:)

Thanks for the tip though, at some stage I might need that much...