I turned allergic to gluten. No more wheat or barley for me. So, hard core AGer that I am, I've got to malt my own sorghum. I put 11 pounds in a grain sack/paint strainer, in my mash cooler. Then soak for 6 hrs, and drain for 3. Go through the cycle 5 times. Use 30c water, the cooler keeps it about that warm. That took 2 days. Today, I made a couple trays with fibergalss indow screen bottoms, put them in my 'fermenter/fridge'. They already had acrospires 1x the length of the seed. I put them in the fridge, with my thermo-controlled heater- an old water bed thermostat hooked to an old Mr. Coffee, with a pot of water on it. Set at 80f, it keeps it within a couple degrees of 30c. Pretty fail safe tooo, if the thremostat screws up, you just have a Mr Coffe left on.
My five gallon bucket of Sorghum was about 33#, so this is 1/3 of my supply. My first batch of GF. I'll roast about 2-3#, hoping for a red brew.
Mashing will also a bit more complicated, with a late-mash step of heating to 180 for gelatinizing. Wish me luck. I'd love to be able to get as good as Dragon's Tale Gold. Someday. $10 a sixer kills me, after 35 cent Flat As Tire.
Hers's some links, if anybody wants to try GFing:
Sorgum source, if you can't find it at a local feed store: <http://www.twinvalleymills.com/pages/order.html#shipping> Came to about $1/lb, with UPS and a 5 gallon bucket. Or 20 cents for the grain... My county has some 2,000,000 bird egg ranchs, but I couldn't find Sorghum locally. The feed stores said "Huh? Whats that?"
Malting directions: <http://www.sillyyak.com.au/gfb/gfmalt.html>
Mashing directions: <http://www.sillyyak.com.au/gfb/gfbrew.html>
The Most interesting recipes: <http://oz.craftbrewer.org/Recipes/> Scroll to section 14, gluten free beers. I'm going to try a not-so-dark "Old Black Sheep", it seems the simplist to learn on.
PS, you'll have to try popping some sorghum too- little bitty baby popcorns!
My five gallon bucket of Sorghum was about 33#, so this is 1/3 of my supply. My first batch of GF. I'll roast about 2-3#, hoping for a red brew.
Mashing will also a bit more complicated, with a late-mash step of heating to 180 for gelatinizing. Wish me luck. I'd love to be able to get as good as Dragon's Tale Gold. Someday. $10 a sixer kills me, after 35 cent Flat As Tire.
Hers's some links, if anybody wants to try GFing:
Sorgum source, if you can't find it at a local feed store: <http://www.twinvalleymills.com/pages/order.html#shipping> Came to about $1/lb, with UPS and a 5 gallon bucket. Or 20 cents for the grain... My county has some 2,000,000 bird egg ranchs, but I couldn't find Sorghum locally. The feed stores said "Huh? Whats that?"
Malting directions: <http://www.sillyyak.com.au/gfb/gfmalt.html>
Mashing directions: <http://www.sillyyak.com.au/gfb/gfbrew.html>
The Most interesting recipes: <http://oz.craftbrewer.org/Recipes/> Scroll to section 14, gluten free beers. I'm going to try a not-so-dark "Old Black Sheep", it seems the simplist to learn on.
PS, you'll have to try popping some sorghum too- little bitty baby popcorns!