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Thanks for letting us know how it worked out. I had been thinking of using tea for some cheap color/flavor contributions and it's nice to know it works. :mug:

I had a heck of a time bottling with pumpkin puree. It seemed like I was having to clean my strainer for each bottle. Unless you use secondary fermenters (and good strainers), another option would be to juice the pumpkin and add the juice in at burnout or the fermenter. Good luck though and...

I started off with a Brewer's Best GF Ale Kit. I think we got ours online, but now even the local brewshop has them in stock. It turned out pretty good, and it was nice not having to worry about a recipe for my first homebrew.

Thanks, looks like a good reference if I ever decided to step it up a notch and start malting

I couldn't find a color guide for all the GF grains I was interested in, so I ran an experiment last weekend and decided to share the results. Sorry about some of the pictures being blurry, I was using my cell phone. All of these grains were dry-roasted whole at 350 F for 15 minute intervals...

That was my experience as well. The GF beer marketed isn't bad, but after Guinness, Schlafly and Sam Adams, it wasn't anything to write home about. Now if our siphons would behave, homebrewing would be a fun time all around! I think it mainly tastes like a nut brown ale. The anise, cocoa...

Luke_D - Looks great!! We're glad the recipe turned out well for you! :mug: Save a bottle for us ;)

The next time we brew this, I would definitely suggest changing the bourbon out for vanilla vodka. The flavors are more complimentary. Thanks for letting us know how these batches turned out! It's always nice to know when other people succeed with the recipe!

I snuck a taste too... If you don't like it, just remember this beer gets a lot better after 2-3 weeks. (at least in bottles, I haven't tried keg brewing)

No big reason, it's what the brew shop had. I've heard different strains of yeast give different characters to the beer, but haven't gotten to that level of detail yet.

I hope it still turns out okay! Our batch smelled pretty good throughout the whole process - it's pretty handy having a microbiologist to sterilize everything.

Best of luck! Definitely something we'll try again (maybe with some tweaks)

Thanks for the article on nuts! Very interesting. If we ever feel inclined to do our own mash, I think amaranth would pair nicely with nuts. I had to smell some anise seeds before I could pick out that particular flavor in the beer. It's subtle (rare thing for anise), but it's there. It...

Oh! Roasted hazelnuts sounds like a nice addition to your ale! Our walnuts were coarsely chopped and [I]then[I] roasted.

Hey folks! Sorry I forgot to include the yeast strain!!! We used 11g Munich wheat beer yeast by Danstar (still gluten free, even though it says "wheat beer yeast"). Per your questions: What made you think of using walnuts? What did the walnuts add and why only 1/2 a cup? Do you think more...