Hi all
I'm going to drop my first attempt at GF brewing today or tonight.
I've already had a wander around this forum and found it very helpful.
I'm planning on experimenting for a little while to get my head around flavours so I plan to do a few SMaSh (SHaME really) brews to get to know my ingredients.
I'll be brewing quite small batches (5 liters - which I think is less than 2 gallons) in a glass Carboy, then bottling.
For my first attempt I'm using BriessSweet White Sorghum Syrup as the 'malt'
I have Safeale US-05 Do you guys think that is an OK yeast to use with sorghum?
My main question is about the hops: I was thinking of starting with Saaz as a kind of 'neutral' hop flavour - that is, I want a good hop variety to benchmark against in future brews, and I also want to be able to taste what the sorghum syrup does without overpowering it.
Do you think Saaz makes a good benchmark for this situation?
(My other possibilities sitting in my cupboard are: Hallertau, Citra, Galaxy, and Willamette)
Thanks in advance for any feedback
I'm going to drop my first attempt at GF brewing today or tonight.
I've already had a wander around this forum and found it very helpful.
I'm planning on experimenting for a little while to get my head around flavours so I plan to do a few SMaSh (SHaME really) brews to get to know my ingredients.
I'll be brewing quite small batches (5 liters - which I think is less than 2 gallons) in a glass Carboy, then bottling.
For my first attempt I'm using BriessSweet White Sorghum Syrup as the 'malt'
I have Safeale US-05 Do you guys think that is an OK yeast to use with sorghum?
My main question is about the hops: I was thinking of starting with Saaz as a kind of 'neutral' hop flavour - that is, I want a good hop variety to benchmark against in future brews, and I also want to be able to taste what the sorghum syrup does without overpowering it.
Do you think Saaz makes a good benchmark for this situation?
(My other possibilities sitting in my cupboard are: Hallertau, Citra, Galaxy, and Willamette)
Thanks in advance for any feedback