Setsumi
Well-Known Member
Hi
In South Africa one can buy sorghum malt in supermarkets. The product is for traditional sorghum beer. I sometimes brew a base beer with this product for 'shining and gives it a large sugar head to get higher ABV. Traditional recipes does not call for mashing and it is fermented on the grain with maize meal as adjunct, no hops. It gives a prety sour opage brew. I found that if I mash and sparge the beer is more western and my teenage son and freinds will have a few pulls from the fermentor without making faces.
So here is my question. Will it be viable to use this as a base malt for GF and non GF beers? I can also aquire fine powder sorghum and maise malt from a commercial maltster in my home town.
Setsumi
In South Africa one can buy sorghum malt in supermarkets. The product is for traditional sorghum beer. I sometimes brew a base beer with this product for 'shining and gives it a large sugar head to get higher ABV. Traditional recipes does not call for mashing and it is fermented on the grain with maize meal as adjunct, no hops. It gives a prety sour opage brew. I found that if I mash and sparge the beer is more western and my teenage son and freinds will have a few pulls from the fermentor without making faces.
So here is my question. Will it be viable to use this as a base malt for GF and non GF beers? I can also aquire fine powder sorghum and maise malt from a commercial maltster in my home town.
Setsumi