Gluten Free Brews?

It's the 'flavor' part that is the major issue when brewing a GF beer. All kinds of things have been used to substitute for the barley or wheat, but no one has come up with anything that has been a solid winner. I think the various commercial attempts that have had the best response from the consumer have been the ones that use a genetically engineered barley, which I think is just low gluten, not gluten-free. But I don't know the details of the availability of this grain or whether it has a gluten level that is low enough for someone who has Celiac vs. who is gluten sensitive.

 

I was just asking this passively elsewhere. Clara-ferm reduces gluten to 10ppm i think (fda calls this "free), rice will work, other grains

 

Sorghum extract is often used as a malt extract substitute for gluten free homebrew.

http://morebeer.com/products/sorghum-extract-3-pounds.html

 

There are tons of recipes available to download on the gluten-free homebrewing facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GlutenFreeHomeBrewing. Our brewer also shares a few on our website: http://ghostfishbrewing.com/

 

A good friend of my wife (his name is Gary) has a son who is intolerant to gluten. A couple of years ago we brewed a Sorghum Porter for his son. Gary and my wife liked this beer but I didn’t care for it.

Last year we brewed a ‘regular’ Porter but used White Labs Clarity Ferm (I got a free vial at the 2013 NHC). That beer was tasty (enjoyed by all!) and it had greatly reduced gluten.

I would suggest brewing a ‘regular’ beer and add Clarity Ferm.

Cheers!

 

Relevant - http://www.examiner.com/article/glu...er-offers-real-beer-taste-for-celiac-impaired

The Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Zymurgy goes in to more detail if you are an AHA member (members can access with the Zymurgy app).

This actually just came up in the recent issue and these articles were referenced.