I think I'll be giving the GF saison a go this weekend, there is a GF brewing comp coming up in a month, so hope to have it done by then.

Doing it today, cereal mash with roasted buckwheat, buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa, millet, and oats. If I like the result I'll post the full recipe here. Adding one 3.3lb can of sorghum extract once I finish the mash.

Have you guys seen that Omission beer? They make it out of barley but it goes through a centrifuge to deglutinize it. Think we'll ever see an extract form of that hit the market?

Dunno... I believe they use the Brewer's Clarex enzyme to get rid of gluten... but from my experiences trying to mash my cereal mash today, I am losing faith in the reliability of enzymes. I ended up doing a turbid mash and planning on adding more enzymes in the ferment to try to get it down.

So update... the Amylase Enzyme formula did jack shit. I had about 5 inches of starchy trub on the bottom of my fermentor after 4 days since I gave up on it mashing before the boil and just went with it. Racked over to a smaller carboy (yes I do think a secondary was necessary here!), checked gravity (1012) and added 2 pouches of candi syrup, though I am wishing I'd stuck with the clear, I went one clear and one D45, and it's a very dark saison now, though some of the color may drop with my yeast and remaining starch haze. The flavor before syrup additions was pretty good, if a bit young and green. Probably will never use the amylase enzyme again, I'm quite disappointed in it, ended up using the whole jar (it called for 1 tsp in 5 gal) and didn't really see where it gained me much at all. Didn't try a starch test on the beer, should have to see what is in suspension, I think I'll try that after it ferments through the syrup.

So my GF Saison won the comp, and will be brewed in September at the brewery. While I didn't get scoring sheets on it, I was told that it averaged a 38...

hell yeah spider...good show, good show...congrats!

Cheers!

Which brewery? Barley homebrew comp?