Gluten free beer

[irish_goat]

Budweiser and Coors etc have less gluten than the average beer though.

Satzenbrau is dying a death too, can't imagine it'll be around Ireland much longer unless Diageo do a big marketing push on it.

[irish_goat]

Yeah there's a big market for it in Cameroon according to the Diageo site.

My local in Donegal stocked it because one person drank it. We'd maybe sell a case every 6 weeks though. Wouldn't be surprised if it's gone now.

[delzep]

Its still on the shelves of most Dunnes and Tescos

[MisterBurns]

I finally got round to making this at the weekend.  For 15L at 1.048 in the fermenter I used:

18L water
1.5kg White Sorghum Extract
330g Rice syrup
350g Treacle
7g Columbus at 60 minutes
10g Centennial at 30 minutes
10g Cascade at 5 minutes.
US-05 ale yeast

It certainly tastes like beer.  It did look quite cloudy though, but I think that clears out after fermentation.  I'll see in a few weeks how this turns out.

Where did you get the White Sorghum Extract?

[Metattron]

From brewuk.co.UK.  Got the rice syrup from amazon. Had a bottle of this last night, come very nice now, much less treacle flavour from it.  I would still use much less next time.

[MisterBurns]

Opened a bottle of my GFB tonight and it went down well.  There is a taste of treacle of it.  If I was doing it again I would reduce the treacle to 120g or so.  No head on it, but apart from that it looked like an amber ale, tasted like an amber ale and had a medium bodied mouth feel.  It is completely clear after a day in the fridge.  If I hadn't gone so heavy on the treacle it would probably be more like a pale ale.  In time the rest of the treacle may ferment out, it's been two weeks in the bottle and keg and has not fully carbed up yet, but not bad so far.  Two thumbs up.

Just brewed this today- tasted it when taking the OG and my god it's rough. Please tell me it works out ok once fermented??

[Metattron]

Yes, mine cleared nicely and turned out really well.  Did you use the same recipe?

[MisterBurns]

Yes, mine cleared nicely and turned out really well.  Did you use the same recipe?

Yep used same recipe. Just took a reading today @ 1.018 so may have a bit more to go but it is genuinely not a nice drink. Quite a bitter and as the other half called it rancid taste! What was your fg? Did it taste bad prior to bottling or am I on a loser with this one?? Help Metattron!

[fergus]

My wife is gluten intolerant and I have an IPA on tap that I brewed with clarity-ferm, specifically to see if she could drink it. Long and the short of it is she can, with no adverse reaction. I wouldn't use it in a stout or porter though and haven't heard great reviews about the darker ales brewed with CF. I also have celiac friends but would not be willing to give them a beer brewed with CF as, even though it does reduce gluten, you cannot say it is entirely gluten free.

Another point to note; if you do want to brew true gluten free, you will need another complete setup that is not used for regular brewing. Otherwise, you run the risk of cross contamination and someone with a severe case of celiac disease will not thank you when they are bent over in pain or worse.

Bud is not gluten free but does have significantly less than other brands because of the large % of rice in the grain bill.

Cheers,

Ferg

[DEMPSEY]

When you brewed the beer for your wife did you have to test it first with a kit.

[fergus]

Hey Dempsey. Nope...she was a willing guinea pig and understood the risks so, no test She is gluten intolerant as opposed to celiac. That being said, if I knew I was going to serve to someone with celiac disease I would have forked out for the test, give them the info and then let them decide.


Cheers,

Ferg

[Metattron]

@MisterBurns - Mine went from 1.050 to 1.015.  Very clear, dark amber colour.  It was a well bittered beer, hoppy, but I do like a hoppy beer.  No off flavours or smells from it, just the aftertaste of treacle.