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Not sure about oats, but I brewed a batch of "small" Denny Conn's Rye IPA (more of an APA, about 6.2%) and it turned out very well. I tested it with the EZ-Gluten test and it came through just fine (<5ppm) so I tried it with my celiac friends. They loved it! I have also had some with other...

You just add Clarity Ferm when you pitch your yeast. Think of it as an aid in fermentation in that it breaks down glutens into fermentable components. You just add it and do everything else as normal. One thing to note - I am not sure how well it works on wheat, so stick to barley for now...

Sorry about the delay in responding - pretty busy:) I grow Cascades, Fuggles, Hallertau, Centennial, Chinook, Magnum, Mt Hood, and Zeus (of CTZ, same as Columbus). I REALLY love the Zeus variety and it is a great producer. I highly recommend it to all you hop-heads out there who are looking...

A few hints. Don't brew with wheat - this stuff seems to work best with barley and is somewhat limited with wheat. I noticed this in 2 of my brews and Charley Papasian reported the same in his trials. Just follow the instructions and add it to the primary fermenter whrn you are pitching...

Yes, we've had some warmer days but they have been during the week mostly and were freak occurrences. A common saying in Iowa is that if you don't like the weather in March, just wait a few minutes:) I expect to do a batch late March if all goes well. I had a nice hop harvest last year so I...

Thanks Schwind! That's great news! I wonder why they have the note about worts of 12 P or lower then? That seems a little confusing at best. I'll try it on an IPA (sans wheat this time) to see how it turns out. I will report back. Please note - I brew outside in Iowa so it may be a few...

Hi again, I am assuming that more Clarity-Ferm will work with higher gravity worts just as more is needed for larger worts, but you could check with White Labs to make sure. I was just going to try it the next time I brewed a larger beer, but it might be more cost-effective to ask:) If you...

I googled Aspergillus niger (that is what Clarity-Ferm is derived from - http://www.whitelabs.com/enzymes/Clarity-Ferm.pdf) to see what exactly you were talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus_niger . It seems pretty harmless used as we use it in brewing. The FDA says that it...

I do not have issues with cloudiness in my beers so I can't really say, but the split batch I brewed was clear for both.

Sorry I didn't post this sooner. The results for the second EZ-Gluten test (on the 5 gallons brewed normally) showed that the gluten was off the charts, i.e., whet should be expected for regular beer. I am not sharing the recipe because I do not like how either batch turned out - they both...

No, I did not test the 5 gallons fermented normally. I will do that as a control. The tests are around $15/each (I bought 5 for $60 + ~$15 S & H) so I am trying to be frugal. It would be good for this first test. The literature does mention beer as one of the food items they tested, so I feel...

I just finished tasting my first experiment with Clarity Ferm (Brewer's Clarex from White Labs). I brewed a 10-gallon batch of an Alpha-King clone which I split into 2 5-gallon fermenters, one with clarity ferm and the other not. I used SafeAle US-05 in both as it is considered gluten-free. I...