Robert Cantu
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Hi everyone, new to brewing, wife has celiacs and my 4th ever batch is an extract GF IPA. The fermentables:
2 Gallon batch
38.5 oz White Sorghum Syrup - Gluten Free - 37 1.5 60.1% (half at boil, half at flameout)
10.8 oz Belgian Candi Syrup - D-45 32 45 16.8%
8.4 oz Honey (Buckwheat) 42 2 13.1% (add at flameout)
6.4 oz Maltodextrin 39 0 10%
4.01 lb Total
I used 2 tsp of yeast nutrient (diammonium sulfate and food grade urea), half a tablet of whirlfloc, and grapefruit zest as additions. Hop schedule was aggressive but only starting 10 minutes left in boil.
I pitched rehydrated 11g of Safale US05. No signs of any activity in my PET 3 gallon carboy for at least 12 hours, even then, really weak. It's almost been 36 hours and I think this is the highest krausen is getting. I've never seen globules like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/F88Bf
I see lots of activity but those pics were taken a few hours ago and now the krausen is dying down already. Is this normal for GF beers? I haven't taken a gravity reading yet, I don't want to disturb what could be a delicate system.
Also, recipe was for 5 gallons, I used brewersfriend.com to scale it down to 2 gallons. The Breiss White Sorghum Syrup I used must have been old because it was daaaark. 1.5 Lovibond my foot!(https://imgur.com/a/e7PY4). This is supposed to be an IPA with a 10 SRM, it looks like a doppelbock
2 Gallon batch
38.5 oz White Sorghum Syrup - Gluten Free - 37 1.5 60.1% (half at boil, half at flameout)
10.8 oz Belgian Candi Syrup - D-45 32 45 16.8%
8.4 oz Honey (Buckwheat) 42 2 13.1% (add at flameout)
6.4 oz Maltodextrin 39 0 10%
4.01 lb Total
I used 2 tsp of yeast nutrient (diammonium sulfate and food grade urea), half a tablet of whirlfloc, and grapefruit zest as additions. Hop schedule was aggressive but only starting 10 minutes left in boil.
I pitched rehydrated 11g of Safale US05. No signs of any activity in my PET 3 gallon carboy for at least 12 hours, even then, really weak. It's almost been 36 hours and I think this is the highest krausen is getting. I've never seen globules like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/F88Bf
I see lots of activity but those pics were taken a few hours ago and now the krausen is dying down already. Is this normal for GF beers? I haven't taken a gravity reading yet, I don't want to disturb what could be a delicate system.
Also, recipe was for 5 gallons, I used brewersfriend.com to scale it down to 2 gallons. The Breiss White Sorghum Syrup I used must have been old because it was daaaark. 1.5 Lovibond my foot!(https://imgur.com/a/e7PY4). This is supposed to be an IPA with a 10 SRM, it looks like a doppelbock