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:

• Grain Bill
• 5.50 lb Pale Millet Malt
• 5.50 lb Vienna Millet Malt
• 4.50 lb Pale Rice Malt
• 0.50 lb James' Brown Rice Malt
• 0.50 lb Crystal Rice Malt
• 0.50 lb Red Wing Amber Millet Malt
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• Hops
• 0.75 oz Cascade Hops (First Wort Hop)
• 0.75 oz Centennial Hops (First Wort Hop)
• 0.75 oz Chinook Hops (First Wort Hop)
• 1.25 oz Cascade Hops (Whirlpool)
• 1.25 oz Centennial Hops (Whirlpool)
• 1.25 oz Chinook Hops (Whirlpool)
• 1.00 oz Cascade Hops (Dry Hop 4 Days)
• 2.00 oz Centennial Hops (Dry Hop 4 Days)
• 1.00 oz Chinook Hops (Dry Hop 4 Days)
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• Other Additions
• 1 tsp Irish Moss (10 min)
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• Yeast
• 2 packets LalBrew BRY-97
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• Yeast Nutrient
• Use yeast nutrients according to the manufacturer's dosage and timing recommendations.

Additional Instructions

Primary Ferment: 68F for 21 days

Beer Profile

Original Gravity: 1.098
Final Gravity: 1.019
Alcohol by Vol: 10.4%
Color SRM: 10.0
Bitterness IBU: 100.0
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons

Procedure:

Source: Recipe developed by GFHB for homebrewing use.