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Beer Style: American Pale Ale, India Pale Ale
Recipe Type: partial mash
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
This Sierra Nevada–inspired pale ale recipe is crafted specifically for brewing flavorful gluten-free beer using sorghum, brown rice syrup, oats, and roasted millet malt. A layered hop profile of Cascade, Citra, Perle, and Magnum delivers classic citrus, pine, and balanced bitterness, while demerara sugar and maltodextrin build body and drinkability. The result is a bright, hop-forward gluten-free pale ale / IPA-style beer.
Ingredients:
- Grain Bill ---------------------------------------
- 1 lb Pale Oat Malt
- 1 lb Dutch Roasted Millet Malt
- Fermentable Bill ---------------------------------------
- 3 lbs 8 oz Sorghum Syrup
- 1 lb 5 oz Brown Rice Syrup
- 1 lb Dark Corn Syrup
- 13.25 oz Demerara Sugar
- Hop Bill Summary ---------------------------------------
- 0.2 oz Magnum Hops
- 0.7 oz Perle Hops
- 3 oz Cascade Hops
- 0.3 oz Citra Hops
- Other Ingredients ---------------------------------------
- 4.5 oz Maltodextrin
- 1 tsp Irish Moss
- 1 pkg SafAle US-05 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, brown rice, and dark corn syrup, and demerara sugar (this prevents scorching the syrup), return to boil allow to achieve hot break.
4.5 oz Maltodextrin (60 min)
0.2 oz Magnum Hops (60 min)
0.7 oz Perle Hops (60 min)
1 oz Cascade Hops (15 min)
0.3 oz Citra Hops (15 min)
1 oz Cascade Hops (10 min)
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient (10 min)
1 tsp Irish Moss (10 min)
1 oz Cascade Hops (0 min)
1 pkg SafAle US-05 Yeast
Yeast nutrients per dosing and time addition recommendations
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 LHS 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.