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Beer Style: American Pale Ale
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
Tropical Citrus Gluten-Free APA – This all-grain gluten-free American Pale Ale highlights bright, tropical citrus aromas from Citra and Amarillo hops, balanced by a layered gluten-free malt bill of pale, light roast, and crystal millet with roasted buckwheat. The malts provide sweetness and body without the typical sorghum syrup flavor, while a clean US-05 fermentation delivers a smooth, drinkable finish. Designed for homebrewers, this recipe showcases how millet and buckwheat can create a flavorful, celiac-safe APA with lively hop character and satisfying malt complexity.
Ingredients:
- Grain Bill ---------------------------------------
- 9 lb Pale millet malt
- 3 lb Light roast millet malt
- 2 lb Crystal malt
- 2 lb Roasted buckwheat malt
- 1 lb Rice hulls (lauter/sparge)
- Hop Bill Summary ---------------------------------------
- 2 oz Citra
- 2 oz Amarillo
- Other Ingredients ---------------------------------------
- 1/2 tsp gypsum (mash)
- 1/8 tsp sodium metabisulphite (mash)
- 1/2 tsp calcium chloride (mash)
- 1/2 tsp calcium carbonate (mash)
- 1 Tbsp 5.2 stabilizer (mash)
- 4 oz maltodextrin (boil)
- 1 whirlfloc tablet (boil)
- 1 pkg Safale US-05 (yeast)
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 14 daysSecondary Ferment: 14 days
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.060Final Gravity: 1.020
Alcohol by Vol: 5.8%
Color SRM: 0.0
Bitterness IBU: 38.0
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
Procedure:
● Enzyme Note: Ceremix® Flex and Ondea Pro can replace the listed enzymes; in a rising step mash they increase mash efficiency and may alter target beer parameters ●
Perform a Single Infusion Mash at 163.4F for 60-90 minutes; or Step Mash at 155-165F for 45-60 minutes followed by 140-150F for 45-60 minutes with Termamyl SC DS and SEBAmyl L enzymes per dosing instructions and in order of optimal temperature recommendations.
Bring to boil and achieve hot break. Maintain rolling boil.
0.75 oz Citra (60 min)
0.75 oz Amarillo (10 min)
4 oz maltodextrin (10 min)
1 whirlfloc tablet (10 min)
0.75 oz Amarillo (KO WP 10 min)
0.25 oz Citra (KO WP 10 min)
1 pkg Safale US-05
Dry hopping:
1 oz Citra (dry-hopped secondary)
0.50 oz Amarillo (dry-hopped secondary)
Primary fermentation 68F 14 days; rack to secondary and add dry hops; secondary fermentation 60F 14 days. If kegging cold crash for last 2 days. If bottling use 5 oz priming sugar and bottle condition another 14-20 days.