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Beer Style: American Pale Ale, Belgain Pale Ale, Classic English Pale Ale
Recipe Type: partial mash
Yield: 3 gallons
Description:
A bright, aromatic gluten-free saison homebrew recipe brewed with millet, oats, orange blossom honey, and Belgian candi sugar. Delicate citrus, light spice, and floral notes blend with classic farmhouse yeast character for a crisp, refreshing finish—perfect for warm-weather gluten-free brewing.
Ingredients:
- Grain Bill ---------------------------------------
- 0.5 lb Pale Oat Malt
- 1 lb Dark Munich Millet Malt
- Fermentable Bill ---------------------------------------
- 2 lbs Briess Sorghum Syrup
- 10 oz Orange Blossom Honey
- 8 oz Amber Candi Sugar
- Hop Bill Summary ---------------------------------------
- 1 oz Styrian Goldings hops (4.5% AA)
- Other Ingredients ---------------------------------------
- 8 oz Maltodextrin
- 1 Whirlifloc tablet
- 1 tsp Bitter Orange Pest
- 1 tsp Crushed Coriander
- 1 pkg LalBrew Farmhouse yeast
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 7 days at 68 degreesSecondary Ferment: 7 days at 68 degrees
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.052Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol by Vol: 5.5%
Color SRM: 6.0
Bitterness IBU: 33.0
Recipe Type: partial mash
Yield: 3.0 Gallons
Procedure:
Steep milled malt along with amylase enzyme in 2 gallons of water at 163.4F for 30 - 45 minutes. Use the appropriate amount of rice hulls to ensure circulation and filtration. Sparge malt with 170F water until water runs clear. Top kettle up to 6.5 gallon pre-boil size. Bring to boil.
Remove from heat and add sorghum syrup, honey and candi sugar (this prevents scorching the syrup), return to boil allow to achieve hot break.
8 oz Maltodextrin (60 min)
1 oz Styrian Goldings hops (35 min)
1 Whirlifloc tablet (10 min)
1 tsp Bitter Orange Pest (10min)
1 tsp Crushed Coriander (10 min)
1 pkg LalBrew Farmhouse yeast
Recipe Note: The original recipe called for chestnut chips which were used early on in gluten-free beer brewing. This was substituted with Dark Munich Millet Malt due to the style of beer, however, other gluten-free malts may be used.