6-row vs rice hulls in american wheat

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Dextersmom

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thinking about cooking up a hoppy american wheat. I was wondering about to possibility of using 6-row malt for its flavor and huskiness and get away with not adding rice hulls to help avoid a stuck sparge.

Grain Bill I'm looking at right now:
4# Golden Promise
4# 6-row
8# white wheat
1-2# Carapils

I'd be leaning on the 6-row for the protein content and flavor more than the diastatic power (which i don't have the need for given the minimal adjuncts).

because of the heftier husks of the 6-row do you guys think i can forego the rice hulls?
 
At just under 50% wheat you may want some rice hulls. That depends on the mash tun and your false bottom design.

If your using a Blichmann or the new stout false bottom you won’t need any hulls. An old bazooka screen will need some hulls.
 
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