mcbethenstein
Well-Known Member
Since I'm home and bored, I can't stop thinking about the sweet stout I brewed for the SO. I checked my gravity last night and it's ready to be bottled. But I want to drink some. So I pose this challenge to everyone out here. Can you help me come up with an all grain sweet vanilla stout recipe that is GF? I'm gonna try malting buckwheat over the next few days. I could take a small amount of that malt and with your guidance roast to a chocolate and/or black malt. I haven't yet found out the difference in how to roast to chocolate vs. Black. I read on other threads D2 syrup can help with the color. I have a whole ton of lactose and can get high quality vanilla beans or extract. I just am not sure of what grains to use, and how they might play into the final flavor. Would I need to add oats for head retention? Since making my last GF beer I found that bobs red mill also has rolled GF oats... I think it would be easier to mash with those instead of steel cut. I'm hoping we can come up with something that will rival any barley beer!