Description:

This inventive gluten-free specialty beer recipe combines inspirations from gluten-free brewing literature and classic barleywine techniques into a powerful all-grain brew. Packed with millet and rice malts and a bold hop schedule, A Little Millet In My Wine creates a robust, high-ABV gluten-free homebrew that stands out in your recipe lineup. Perfect for dedicated gluten-free beer makers looking for a showpiece brew. This is a marriage of Milletwine published in Gluten-Free Brewing: Techniques, Processes, and Ingredients for Crafting Flavorful Beer by Robert Keifer; and Big Blimp! American Barley Wine published by AHA for Big Brew 2025.

Ingredients:

• Malts (inspired by Milletwine published in Gluten-Free Brewing: Techniques, Processes, and Ingredients for Crafting Flavorful Beer by Robert Keifer):
• 5-6 lbs Pale Millet Malt
• 5-6 lbs Vienna Millet Malt
• 4-5 lbs Pale Rice Malt
• 6-10 oz James Brown Rice Malt
• 6-10 oz Crystal Rice Malt
• 6-10 oz Red Wing Millet Malt
• Hops (hops schedule from Big Blimp! American Barley Wine published by AHA for Big Brew 2025):
• 0.75 oz. (21 g) Cascade, 5.8% a.a., FWH
• 0.75 oz. (21 g) Centennial, 12.8% a.a., FWH
• 0.75 oz. (21 g) Chinook, 10% a.a., FWH
• 1.25 oz. (35 g) Cascade, 5.8% a.a., whirlpool
• 1.25 oz. (35 g) Centennial, 12.8% a.a., whirlpool
• 1.25 oz. (35 g) Chinook, 10% a.a., whirlpool
• 1 oz. (28 g) Cascade, 5.8% a.a., dry hop 4 days
• 2 oz. (57 g) Centennial, 12.8% a.a., dry hop 4 days
• 1 oz. (28 g) Chinook, 10% a.a., dry hop 4 days
• Yeast:
• 2 packs (22 g) LalBrew BRY-97
• Additional Items:
• 1 tsp. Irish moss @ 10 min

Additional Instructions

Primary Ferment: 68F for 21 days

Beer Profile

Original Gravity: 1.100
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol by Vol: 11.5%
Color SRM: 15.0
Bitterness IBU: 100.0
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons

Procedure:

Source: GFHB Exclusive