Sorghum beer using mabela?

[Safa]

Sounds great! Where in the world did you find roasted malted buckwheat?
Sorry for the noob question, but that 2 hour mash, did that produce enough fermentable sugars to make a good beer or did you add some sort of extract at all?

 

[Ash_Mathew]

Hey, no worries dude. Ask away.


I malted and roasted the buckwheat myself. I added 1lb of clear honey, and around 1lb of Demerara sugar. 2 tablespoons of molasses for the color.

 

[Safa]

Thanks!

As for the Malting + Roasting did you just soak it in water for a few days, then roast it in the oven and a few hours, followed by wafting in a paper bag as most people do?

 

[Ash_Mathew]

Soaked for about 6 hours in double the amount of water to groats. Then strained but kept the groats moist. Turning on a morning, then when I got in on a night. Better to do it on a weekend though, when you can keep an eye on them. Took about 2 days fully. Then put them on an oven tray and roasted until they were the roast I wanted. Then put them in a bag and in the cupboard until I wanted to use them.

 

[Safa]

Thanks! Im going to try that!

 

[MrChalky]

Looks great, I'm hoping to get around to brewing this weekend. If not though, it'll be the following weekend before I get the time.

 

[Ash_Mathew]

Cool man. Let me know how it goes.

I would leave it at 3 gallons, if I was you. My first attempt was so weak because I did it up to 5 gallons from 3. But this one is just like a German/British beer. I love it. Made 3 gallons and kept it at that. Good body on it. Hoppy first taste, slight nutty after taste. Perfect head retention too.

 

[MrChalky]

Imperial gallons or US gallons?

 

[Ash_Mathew]

I think they are Imperial, man. 5litres to 1 gallon. I think that's right. Though I would double check.

 

[Ash_Mathew]

Yeah Imperial, man. Works out about 5 litres to every 1.1 gallons.

 

[MrChalky]

I finally got around to making this over the weekend. There's 14L of it fermenting at the moment. I'll let you know how it turns out

 

[Ash_Mathew]

Cool man, yeah. Let me know how it goes. Done a few like this now, and they have been quite good. I would recommend you leave it in the bottles for a few weeks before opening it. Especially if you are using a hop like cascade.