Recent content by chilort

I know this is old, but I wanted to add my $0.02 since this is the first thing that comes up on Google when you search for pasteurizing fruit for beer. My wife is gluten intolerant so I've had to play with non-traditional ingredients quite a bit. I've probably now made two dozen beers with...

I know this is old, but I wanted to add my $0.02 since this comes up on Google when you search for pasteurizing fruit for beer. My wife is gluten intolerant so I've had to play with non-traditional ingredients quite a bit. I've probably now made two dozen beers with raspberries, blackberries, or...

I've only ever had Bards Tale. I've heard that they have other stuff. There are a couple of decent stout recipes here on the board. I've been trying to work on one myself. The last thing I worked with I tried using some buckwheat goats and I toasted them and the beer came out awful. We're...

Thanks for the interest. This tastes nothing like Bards. I used an ale yeast rather than a lager yeast and I used a different type of hops. My wife loves the beer. Friends that have tried it say that it tastes like beer to them too. I get a cake flavor, some have called it an apple flavor. It...

IMAG0295 by chilort, on Flickr The above photo is just 1 week in the bottle. I'm sure that there will be much more head in 2 weeks. I almost cannot believe how clear this beer is. I've never had a beer made with sorghum turn out this clear. :cool: There is still a little cake flavor but...

This beer went into bottles on Saturday. Lookin' good: IMAG0285.jpg by chilort, on Flickr We tasted it and it isn't quite where I would like it to be but we'll see what time in the bottle does. My wife said it tasted like cheap white wine mixed with birthday cake. That isn't a huge improvement...

We've been brewing with Briess white sorghum and neither of us likes the flavor at all. I am looking forward to the results. Our fingers are crossed.

I ordered the Bard's kit from Midwest Brewing Supplies. I can't lager, so I planned on modifying the recipe before I even placed the order (it ships with lager yeast and tetnang hops). I decided to do a Kolsch and used Wyeast Kolsch yeast (yes, I know this makes it technically non-GF, but from...

I've zested oranges and used the zest in a GF beer we call Sunshine in a Bottle. I put the zest in at the end of the boil after the wort has come down to 160*. I hold it there for about 10min, then chill the wort. When I make the non-GF version of this I also use the zest of one lemon. But with...

I make a gf beer with a mix of blackberries and raspberries. I use about 5lbs total. I freeze the berries. Then I put them in at the end of the boil. I turn the heat off, drop them in, mash them up against the sides, and then use heat to try to hold the temp to 150*. I've made one with all...

I would say that most of us here are fighting the sweet and citrus flavors of sorghum. Most of the sorghum beers on the market are so sweet they are nasty. I use as much brown rice syrup or dry rice malt (rice solids) that I can get my hands on. As for darker, I've tried a number of things...

I should probably update this. I went to my LHBS and they handed me a packet of S-05 when I told them them my problem and asked for champagne yeast. I kind of laughed because I didn't think S-05 would handle the high alcohol content of the barleywine. They said, "when it doesn't work, come...

I've done a number of coffee beers over the years. I do some gluten free brewing but I've never done a GF coffee beer. I'm still trying to get my GF stout where I want it before I start throwing in coffee. I wouldn't worry about sanitation with the coffee. By the time you throw the coffee into...

Nice work. I'm getting ready to start another GF stout. Thanks for some ideas.

Zip, zero, nothing, nada. It aged for about 3 months in a secondary.