Crisp Rice Hulls - 500g

This 500g bag of Crisp Rice Hulls is a handy size for brewers who make the odd wheat beer, rye ale or oat-heavy stout and want to avoid a slow or stuck sparge. The hulls are a natural by-product of rice milling and open up the grain bed so wort drains freely.

What they do

• Form an open filter bed in the mash, improving run-off and wort clarity
• Flavourless, with no aroma
• Do not soak up much wort, so your yield is kept

How much to use

Crisp recommends 1-5% of the grist weight, depending on how much wheat, rye or oats is in the recipe. Mix the hulls evenly through the grain so the whole bed drains well.

For a typical 5kg home brew grain bill, that works out at 50-250g, so this bag usually covers two or more batches.

Useful with

• Wheat Malt 2.5kg - high-wheat grists drain slowly
• Oat Malt - adds silky body but can gum up a mash
• Torrefied Wheat - helps head retention in British ales

Also available as a 1kg bag for regular brewers, or 250g to try them out.