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Beer Style: English Old Ale/Strong Ale
Recipe Type: partial mash
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
Craft a distinctive gluten-free old ale with traditional English brewing character. This gluten-free beer recipe adapts "Old Oddity" using sorghum syrup, corn sugar, and chocolate millet malt with SafAle S-04 yeast for authentic English ale fermentation. Rich malty complexity perfect for gluten-free homebrewing and celiac-safe craft beer enthusiasts. Traditional old ale style adapted from BYO magazine for brewing gluten-free beer with classic British strong ale depth and character.
Ingredients:
- 6.6 LBS Sorghum Syrup
- 1 LB Corn Sugar / Dextrose
- 1.75 LBS Crystal Rice Malt
- 0.3 LB Chocolate Roasted Vienna Millet Malt
- 2 OZ Fuggle Hops
- SafAle S-04 Yeast
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 7 daysSecondary Ferment: 7 days
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.056Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol by Vol: 5.5%
Color SRM: 9.6
Bitterness IBU: 30.0
Recipe Type: partial mash
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
Procedure:
Steep milled malt along with amylase enzyme in 2 gallons of water at 163.4F for 30 - 45 minutes. 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 (this prevents scorching the syrup), return to boil allow to achieve hot break.
1.5 OZ Fuggle Hops @ 60 min
0.5 OZ Fuggle Hops @ 15 min
SafAle S-04 Yeast