Hi all, as the title suggests, I am brand new to GF. My wife has a gluten intolerance, and we have not been able to definitively determine whether or not she reacts to beers I've made with Clarity Ferm so I'd like to make up a 1-2 gallon batch of some kind of summer ale for her. Not being gluten free myself, and having never tasted any of her GF beers, I am at a loss for where to even start with formulating a recipe or anything. One of my recent brews was a blonde ale with citrus notes that she really likes, so I am thinking some kind of lighter summer ale style.
Her biggest complain with her GF beers is that they don't taste like beer. We think we have it narrowed to the flavors from the sorghum, but can't say definitively. Up to this point, I have done exclusively extract brews with specialty grains steeped for added flavor/character/color, but I have not ventured into all grain brewing yet. I am open to trying out a BIAB for this batch since it will be small enough, but I do not have the equipment necessary to get into a conventional all grain brew (mash tun, etc).
So, with all of that said, where do I even start? I've been reading as much as I can in this forum but I still feel completely lost. Do I need my own grain mill, or can I buy milled GF grains? Are there liquid (or dry) GF extracts available other than sorghum? Where do I even shop for GF grains?
I know I'm asking a lot here, but thanks in advance to anyone that takes on the monumental challenge of trying to help me out!
Her biggest complain with her GF beers is that they don't taste like beer. We think we have it narrowed to the flavors from the sorghum, but can't say definitively. Up to this point, I have done exclusively extract brews with specialty grains steeped for added flavor/character/color, but I have not ventured into all grain brewing yet. I am open to trying out a BIAB for this batch since it will be small enough, but I do not have the equipment necessary to get into a conventional all grain brew (mash tun, etc).
So, with all of that said, where do I even start? I've been reading as much as I can in this forum but I still feel completely lost. Do I need my own grain mill, or can I buy milled GF grains? Are there liquid (or dry) GF extracts available other than sorghum? Where do I even shop for GF grains?
I know I'm asking a lot here, but thanks in advance to anyone that takes on the monumental challenge of trying to help me out!