Cheers, mates--Igliashon Jones here, returning to homebrewing after a long absence. Long before my gluten intolerance, I got into homebrewing by way of Stephen Harrod Buhner's "Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers", hoping to craft some stimulating (and possibly mildly psychoactive) unhopped gruits. Well, my experimentation in those days was untempered by experience and I crafted a couple decent beers...and several terrible messes. Lemme tell you, 5 gallons of ineptly-crafted sage-wormwood-habanero rauchbier is tough to get through, especially when none of your friends are foolish enough to help you drink it!
I've since learned "less is more" and lost a lot of interest in increasing the psychoactivity of beer, but I'm still into gruits and the use of herbs in "normal" beer styles. However, now that I'm gluten-free and no longer have the luxury of enjoying any flavor of gourmet beer imaginable right off the shelf, my interest in mimicking some old favorites has much increased. Stouts, porters, and IPAs were my favorites when barley was still on my menu, and there isn't yet a commercial brewery supplying gluten-free versions of those styles. My goal for the coming year is to find good recipes for these styles, as well as to try more herbal beers (since I previously gave up on homebrewing before getting to try many of the recipes I was most curious about).
I look forward to sharing my experiences here, and letting y'all temper my wanton experimental tendencies with your wealth of experience.
-Igliashon
I've since learned "less is more" and lost a lot of interest in increasing the psychoactivity of beer, but I'm still into gruits and the use of herbs in "normal" beer styles. However, now that I'm gluten-free and no longer have the luxury of enjoying any flavor of gourmet beer imaginable right off the shelf, my interest in mimicking some old favorites has much increased. Stouts, porters, and IPAs were my favorites when barley was still on my menu, and there isn't yet a commercial brewery supplying gluten-free versions of those styles. My goal for the coming year is to find good recipes for these styles, as well as to try more herbal beers (since I previously gave up on homebrewing before getting to try many of the recipes I was most curious about).
I look forward to sharing my experiences here, and letting y'all temper my wanton experimental tendencies with your wealth of experience.
-Igliashon
. As I understood, the only way is by sorghum malt but for me it's impossible to find. I'm thinking about rice and corn but I need some support before starting! Any suggestion?
