Gluten Free Home Brewing

New GFHB Cycling Jersey

We are super excited to offer a new cycling jersey with our current logo. As many of you may know, I am an avid cyclist, and I got tired of sporting a jersey with our old logo. We are working on new running t-shirts, including women specific, since Alissa is a runner. We also have plans for a hoodie just in time for fall. This is just a fun thing that we are doing. Everything will be offered on our Jakroo store page, are made to order, and shipped directly to you.

Brewing with Seasonal Fruit

Summer is a great time of year for adding fresh local seasonal fruit to beer. When you add fruit to your next beer makes a big difference. During primary fermentation, a lot of the fruit character will blow off, resulting in a wine-like fruit character. Post-primary fermentation fruit additions will result in a more natural and pronounced fruit character. However, at this stage, the risk of contamination increases.

Read the BA's article 'How To Add Fruit To Beer'

Hazy IPA...with Oats

If you can tolerate oats in your diet, then oats can be a great addition to your next Hazy IPA. Grouse Malt House's Pale Oat Malt are rich in beta-glucans, proteins, and fatty acids. This makes them a great choice to add body building components to a beer. Pale Oat Malt has been shown to increase body and lacing when used to brew gluten free beer. They can also add a wide range of flavors when used in larger amounts.

That Secret Ingredient

In Bob Keifer's book 'Gluten-Free Brewing: Techniques, Processes, and Ingredients For Crafting Flavorful Beer', Roasted Goldfinch Millet Malt is described as 'one of the most essential character malts in any gluten-free brewer's armory'. Roasted Goldfinch Millet Malt provides roasted brown sugar and caramel notes that pair well with everything from Pale Ales and IPAs, to Porters and Stouts.

Get Ready To Harvest Hops!

The most important thing to remember after an entire summer of growing hops is not to pick them too soon. Obviously, there is a best time to harvest hops. But it is best to pick them a little late than a little early. Picking hops too soon will not allow the alpha-acids to fully develop.

Read the BA's article 'How to Harvest, Prepare and Store Homegrown Hops'

It's Melomel Season too!

In terms of frequency of in-store customers, mead making is easily the winner. Making mead is among the easiest fermented beverages to homebrew. And just like with fruit beers, summer is a great time to use fresh local seasonal fruit to make melomels (fruit mead).

Read the BA's article 'The Sweet Life: Making Mead the Easy Way'

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