DKershner's Gluten-Free Tripel Blonde

spaced · Mar 20, 2011

Yesterday I brewed up DKershner's Gluten-Free Tripel Blonde. Now the waiting game begins

Checked the fermintation this morning and it's bubling along nicely.

Here is the original recipe

http://brew.dkershner.com/2009/gluten-free-tripel-blonde/

My variation was 70grams more sugar and slightly less sorghum @ 2.8Kg's, this is just how it is packaged from the supplier.

I'll update this thread (in a few weeks) when I get to try it.

Thanks again to DKershner for the recipe.

DKershner · Mar 23, 2011

spaced said:
Thanks again to DKershner for the recipe.

Sure thing, let us know how it goes! :mug:

spaced · Mar 24, 2011

Last night I checked the progress and took a sample from the fermenter. It tastes fantastic, can't wait for it to finish now.

DKershner · Mar 24, 2011

spaced said:
Last night I checked the progress and took a sample from the fermenter. It tastes fantastic, can't wait for it to finish now.

Be patient, this one will reward you for it.

spaced · Mar 24, 2011

DKershner said:
Be patient, this one will reward you for it.

I'm thinking two weeks in the fermenter before bottle conditioning. At one week there is still a lot of hops suspended in it.

DKershner · Mar 25, 2011

spaced said:
I'm thinking two weeks in the fermenter before bottle conditioning. At one week there is still a lot of hops suspended in it.

I would do 4 weeks minimum on a beer this big. Let the yeast do their thing, they like the extra time.

spaced · Mar 26, 2011

DKershner said:
I would do 4 weeks minimum on a beer this big. Let the yeast do their thing, they like the extra time.

You'll have to excuse my ignoarance (still very new to brewing) but what does the extra time do? Does it make the beer clearer?

Lcasanova · Mar 27, 2011

The yeast will clean up after themselves when they have enough time.

DKershner · Mar 28, 2011

Lcasanova said:
The yeast will clean up after themselves when they have enough time.

To expand a bit...cleans up byproducts they create during fermentation that can cause off flavors.

Lcasanova · Mar 28, 2011

That's what I said!

DKershner · Mar 28, 2011

Lcasanova said:
That's what I said!

Yeah, yeah...

Hey, what's your next beer gonna be? I think I am going to try an all BRS American Lager. GFweiser? Bud-Free?

spaced · Mar 28, 2011

DKershner said:
To expand a bit...cleans up byproducts they create during fermentation that can cause off flavors.

Thanks, that was the info I was after.

andrewdell19 · Mar 29, 2011

DKershner said:
Yeah, yeah...

Hey, what's your next beer gonna be? I think I am going to try an all BRS American Lager. GFweiser? Bud-Free?

I just tried a 75% BRS/Rice Syrup Solid beer, and I am not sure how it is going to turn out. I think right now it is still a bit green- brewed it on 3/5 and kegged it yesterday. The taste is a bit fruity but unlike the sorghum taste- this is more pineapple... I used Strisselspalt as my hops, and alittle bit of light toasted buckwheat and millet steeped before the boil. I think time will make this beer better. Once I have it fully carbed I will bottle at least 6 and keep them in the back of the fridge for a few more months.

DKershner · Mar 29, 2011

andrewdell19 said:
I just tried a 75% BRS/Rice Syrup Solid beer, and I am not sure how it is going to turn out. I think right now it is still a bit green- brewed it on 3/5 and kegged it yesterday. The taste is a bit fruity but unlike the sorghum taste- this is more pineapple... I used Strisselspalt as my hops, and alittle bit of light toasted buckwheat and millet steeped before the boil. I think time will make this beer better. Once I have it fully carbed I will bottle at least 6 and keep them in the back of the fridge for a few more months.

My 85% BRS blonde tasted somewhat like pineapple too...I am wondering what the deal with that is...

andrewdell19 · Mar 29, 2011

DKershner said:
My 85% BRS blonde tasted somewhat like pineapple too...I am wondering what the deal with that is...

Kinda crazy huh? At least we know how to get the pineapple taste in the beer!!

I think 50/50 mix would be good. However, I think malting buckwheat and millet would be a better idea to mix it with Sorghum.

DKershner · Mar 29, 2011

andrewdell19 said:
Kinda crazy huh? At least we know how to get the pineapple taste in the beer!!

I think 50/50 mix would be good. However, I think malting buckwheat and millet would be a better idea to mix it with Sorghum.

I am going to try a 100% BRS beer with almost nothing else in it to determine what this stuff really tastes like. I am even going to lager it so that nothing can change the flavor. I will let you know what I find.

andrewdell19 · Mar 30, 2011

I just brewed this one last night only I used 5 lbs of sorghum 1 lb 5 oz of brown rice syrup and 1 lb of rice syrup solids.

I think I will rack over to a secondary in 1.5 weeks and then let it sit in the secondary for about 4-5 weeks then keg and carb for a week. So it looks like I am 6 weeks out from trying this one. Might need to brew another one when I rack this one into the secondary.

andrewdell19 · Mar 30, 2011

DKershner said:
I am going to try a 100% BRS beer with almost nothing else in it to determine what this stuff really tastes like. I am even going to lager it so that nothing can change the flavor. I will let you know what I find.

Nice... good luck! Are you using any hops? and maybe like a pilsner yeast?

DKershner · Mar 31, 2011

andrewdell19 said:
Nice... good luck! Are you using any hops? and maybe like a pilsner yeast?

.5oz Willamette @ 60

Wyeast 2035 American Lager Yeast

I'll post when I finalize and brew.

spaced · Apr 25, 2011

This was a good beer, went down very easily. Looked very much like Pinapple juice.

Will be rebrewing this with jaggery replacing some or most of the white sugar and maybe some safron. Although I will wait till I can set it aside for a while to age.

andrewdell19 · Apr 27, 2011

I am letting mine age in the secondary and larger in the fridge for about another month. I find that with time the sorghum goes away. Originally brewed on 3/20/11.

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