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5.0 stars based on 1 votes
Beer Style: English Brown, American Brown
Recipe Type: partial mash
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
This gluten-free brown ale recipe showcases how layered flavor, depth, and balance can be achieved without traditional brewing grains. Using oat and millet malt, and molasses, it delivers smooth malt richness, gentle roast character, and a rounded body. A great example of crafting classic brown ale complexity through innovative gluten-free brewing techniques.
Ingredients:
- Grain Bill ---------------------------------------
- 1 lb Pale Oat Malt
- 1 lb Dutch Roasted Millet Malt
- Fermentable Bill ---------------------------------------
- 3 lbs 8 oz Sorghum Syrup
- 24 oz Molasses
- 2 lbs Dark Corn Syrup
- Hop Bill Summary ---------------------------------------
- 1 oz Northern Brewer Hops
- 0.75 oz Cascade Hops
- Other Ingredients ---------------------------------------
- 1 tsp Irish Moss
- 1 pkg Windsor Yeast
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: 7 days at 68 degreesSecondary Ferment: 7 days at 68 degrees
Beer Profile
Alcohol by Vol: 0.0%Color SRM: 0.0
Bitterness IBU: 0.0
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. 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 and dark corn syrup, and molasses (this prevents scorching the syrup), return to boil allow to achieve hot break.
1 oz Northern Brewer Hops (60 min)
0.75 oz Cascade Hops (15 min)
1 tsp Irish Moss (15 min)
1 pkg LalBrew Windsor Yeast
Recipe Note: This recipe was most likely developed between 2010-2014 before buckwheat, millet and rice malt was widely available. Therefore, it utilizes many gluten-free ingredients readily found at a LHBS or grocery store. Chestnut chips were also used and can be substituted with malts that pair well with the beer style, however, Dutch Roasted Millet Malt is possibly the closest equivalent.