Gluten free beer

[Maake]

Hi guys! My name is Markus and i am from Finland.
I have celiac disease and i haven’t been able to enjoy good beer anymore so i have decided to brew it myself. I have read Mikkel Borg Brersø’s book and studied home brewing for some time now. I am considering using millet malts, corn malts and buckwheat malts, i like the taste of buckwheat and corn, but i got the assumption those two would not do the job alone so i want to use millet malts also. Oat is a no go for me i can’t tolerate that either. Rice? Mmeh. I like corn and buckwheat breads, so would they make a good beer? Haven’t decided on hop qualities. Also yeast starter needs to be gluten free, but i can make that from millet malt i guess. Can you give me some advice or your two cents of gluten free beer?

Thanks! , Markus

[denny]

I can tell you that Ground Breaker Breaker, a multi award winning gluten free brewery in Portland, OR, uses a base of roasted chestnuts and roasted lentils.  They use amylase enzyme to convert them.  They have a GF homebrew recipe here that might give you some ideas…Ground Breaker Brewing Releases Gluten-Free Homebrew Recipe — Ground Breaker Brewing

[Richard.Swent_gmail.com (Richard)]

There are lots of variations and degrees of intolerance to gluten. My wife was diagnosed with celiac disease about 10 years ago and at that time there were very few gluten-free beers available. I make beer “crafted to remove gluten” by using ordinary barley and adding Clarity Ferm along with the yeast. That seems to be good enough for her, but it may not be good enough for everyone who has problems with gluten. I would suggest trying that first because then you can brew any beer using any recipe and just add Clarity Ferm to remove the gluten. If that doesn’t work for you, see the article in the March-April 2019 issue of Zymurgy on gluten-free beer.

[rookie_l_a (Steve Ruch)]

Dry yeast is gluten free.

[Maake]

@denny

I can tell you that Ground Breaker Breaker, a multi award winning gluten free brewery in Portland, OR, uses a base of roasted chestnuts and roasted lentils.  They use amylase enzyme to convert them.  They have a GF homebrew recipe here that might give you some ideas…Ground Breaker Brewing Releases Gluten-Free Homebrew Recipe — Ground Breaker Brewing

This was very helpful, i am gonna probably go toward this recipe! Thanks alot!

[Maake]

@richard

There are lots of variations and degrees of intolerance to gluten. My wife was diagnosed with celiac disease about 10 years ago and at that time there were very few gluten-free beers available. I make beer “crafted to remove gluten” by using ordinary barley and adding Clarity Ferm along with the yeast. That seems to be good enough for her, but it may not be good enough for everyone who has problems with gluten. I would suggest trying that first because then you can brew any beer using any recipe and just add Clarity Ferm to remove the gluten. If that doesn’t work for you, see the article in the March-April 2019 issue of Zymurgy on gluten-free beer.

Yes there is. Mine was diagnosed 15 years ago, and everytime i drink barley based “gluten free” beer i get symptoms, like big underskin pimples on my face, not cool! And loose stomach and gas. And all of those are under 20 ppm, labeled “gluten free” but think about it.
The mash is from barley, rye and maybe even wheat, i seriously don’t believe that some magic chemical reaction would take the glutein away completely, it might break it to so little pieces that it is impossible to find.

If you have celiac disease i advise to drink only gluten free beer made from gluten free ingredients…

[rburrelli]

We have an excellent gluten free brewer in Pittsburgh PA called Aurochs Brewing.  They use malt from a specific master who meets all the requirements.  There is a link on the website.  Beers are fantastic.