Recent content by GFgray

Interesting brewdog. I’ve used clarity fern a lot and it does work for me. (I’ve tested inconclusive for celiac). Everything I’ve read though, and used it is pitchined it with the yeast. It’s an enzyme that I would guess be denatured with high heat.

I’ve tried with roasted buckwheat groats that I malted. And with strait up black strap molasses. Enjoyed them both but nothing like a real stout. I’ve found I can use barley if i add clarityferm to the fermenter when I pitch the yeast

Only one way to find out brother

Feed the chickens and they law great eggs!

Hi, My wife and I traveled to the Interlaaken region of Switzerland and enjoyed a lager made by Rugen Brau. I think it was their Spezial beer. (there was a language issue with the server in the small caffe.) It was brewed there and it had a very reminiscent flavor of Ritz crackers. I've...

I'm gluten free and malt my own buckwheat and use other grains as I can find them. Even sweet potatoes. I've been brewing about a year now and have a dozen success so far and one failure. I'd really like to help and would gladly ship you a sample Rick

T-58 is it. I went and got some more.... The head took at least 3 weeks to develop. I was disappointed at two weeks but at three the beer was totally different. ( by that I mean better)

Being a gluten free brewer I use sweet potatoes quite often. I found the easiest way to brew them is to just bake them for an hour or so and the skin comes right off. I mash them with hot water and amylase. OG is usually around 1.020 so a little light. I use either dextrose to bring it up or...

I think that is the yeast... I still need to go to MASH to get it. It was a Belgian yeast and dry in a pink package if I remember right. I just tried to do an zero sorghum stout, but it came out more like a porter. Tasts good but still not dark enough.

One more after I poured in the rest of the 22oz bottle. A little haze but still tastes great!

A better one ..... After I poured the last of the 22 oz bottle in. So a little haze from the bottom of the bottle, but it still tastes great!

Here's a pic or two of them

With help from my local home brew store "Mash" in Tacoma, I tried this tonight. The boil went good. Here is the ingredients for a 5 gal batch: 6.5 lbs bries sorghum 2 lbs brown sugar 2lbs dextrose 4lbs organic pumpkin pie filling 1/2 tsp whole cloves 1 1/4 allspice 1 1/4 nutmeg 2 1/2 tap...

I'll get the yeast info tomorrow, and post a pic next time I crack one.... I better hurry, only two 22oz'ers left!

It was fantastic. The ABV was only about 2.5-3% as I didn't add any dextrose and I'm guessing because I added the torani's strawberry syrup balanced it out perfectly. I also added one packet of stevia to each bottle. I just made a 3 gal batch of it with raspberry instead because that what I had...