Brewing with Ceoliac Disease

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    #141 Zambezi Special, Jan 1, 2023
    Impressive Ben!
     
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    #142 Donoroto, Jan 1, 2023
    Like learning to brew all over again. But good for you! While I wish that you could've just kept at it with good ol' barley, Nature wanted to gum up the works (so to speak) and threw you a curve ball.

    What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And maybe smarter.

    Keep a keg's worth of cider on hand to get you through them longer brew days. I am hoping your beer turns out as beer, because it will only get better from here.
     
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    #143 west1m, Jan 1, 2023
    I haven't noticed you mention Sorghum much. Is that available in your part of the world?
    My woman is hard core celliac, not even a crumb can be tolerated. Two different toasters etc.
    Any way she likes a beer called " New Grist" . The lable says Sorghum, Rice, Hops, yeast and water.
     
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    #144 Megary, Jan 1, 2023
    Great stuff Ben. Your stick-to-itiveness is a pleasure to follow. Thanks for sharing your journey. You’ll get it all figured out and end up writing the book on this. :)
     
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    #145 Trialben, Jan 1, 2023
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    Yeah we've got sorgum it's prone to a nasty fungus In malting so I'm just playing it safe for now.

    The recommendations for prepping it envolves soaking it in a weak Lye solution to help prevent the fungus.
     
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    #146 west1m, Jan 2, 2023
    Doesn't sound fun...
     
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    #147 Trialben, Jan 2, 2023
    Yeah not too wholesome lol.
     
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    #148 Donoroto, Jan 2, 2023
    Not sure about that. Lye is what you use to make pretzels brown. I have food-grade lye just for that purpose.
     
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    #149 Trialben, Jan 3, 2023
    Yes so I read this on my research on the product.
    Still ill wait I see Hoppy days near me stocks malted sorgum so I'll opt for that once they get more back in stock.:)

    I know it's a low caustic solution used in the first rinse of the sorgum.
     
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    #150 Trialben, Jan 3, 2023
    Some budgie seed :p my brewing career has come to me brewing with Budgie feed lol! 20230103_155842.jpg
    4kg of French millet bird seed sorry I can't stop laughing at my stupidity :D:D.

    Gunna malt this next and see how I go brewing what I'm gunna name budgie smuggler :p.

    Look how tiny them seeds are their like sesame seeds is only way I can describe em.

    OK so this is big for me because if this goes well I found I can get 20kg of the stuff for 60 bucks .

    Wish me luck brewing comrades I need it:rolleyes:.

    Oh that other brew I did up there was in the throws of a violent fermentation this morning with Windsor and it's come to a near stop this eve.

    Man that Windsor likes to go hard!
     
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    #151 west1m, Jan 3, 2023
    Hmmm.... 4 kg of bird seed malting on the kitchen floor.... The missus is not going to be thrilled.
     
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    #152 Zambezi Special, Jan 3, 2023
    They'll all be singing, although maybe a different tune ;)
     
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    #153 Donoroto, Jan 3, 2023
    Be careful outdoors Ben. Ever see Hitchcock's "The Birds"? Them budgies'll peck yer eyes out...:rolleyes:
     
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    #154 Trialben, Jan 4, 2023
    2nd soak on the millet this morn.
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    This stuff is heating up heaps and lots of co2 comming out.

    I feel this batch might go side ways on me
    Luckily the weather is cooler today which should slow things down.

    Their just starting to sprout one more soak then germination which is gunna be tricky with these tiny grains:eek:
     
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    #155 Kekkec, Jan 5, 2023
    If it fails, you can try a 100% buckwheat beer.

    We've got one over here, made by a doctor turned brewer as he was diagnosed with Coeliacs.
    It's made with 100% buckwheat mash, and (I think Styrian Golding) for those 25 IBU's. the rest of the bitterness comes naturally from buckwheat which is by itself bitter and adds a honey note to the beer.

    If i remember correctly he tried selling it in pharmacies by marketing it as a "gluten free rehydrating solution"
     
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    #156 Trialben, Jan 5, 2023
    She's foaming this morning 20230106_060659.jpg
    Co2 comming out of the water.

    Smells sweet and cheesey like I'm not sure about this one lady's and gents.​
     
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    #157 Trialben, Jan 6, 2023
    Had a revisit to the doc today on the Endoscopy looks like I've done a number on myself lol probably shouldn't laugh.

    Severe damage to small intestine villi pretty much wipped out as well as esophogus its severely inflamed.

    So because of this I can't (you won't believe this) digest
    Sucrose
    Maltose
    Lactose

    WTF

    I told the doc good thing I was drinking all that beer than:p!
    Oh good thing I can digest alcohol :D
    Not good news ladies and gents....

    Gotta go see another doc next week and probably go start seeing a dietician :eek:.

    I've got a feeling me drinking anything evolving them above sugars might be a no no for me soon:oops:.

    Good news is villi repair themselves and that means me staying on the straight n narrow and trying not to kill myself :rolleyes:.
    With Gluten ;).​
     
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    #158 jmcnamara, Jan 6, 2023
    Damn dude, sorry to hear that. Keep thinking of your wife and Matilda and hopefully it'll be a little easier for you
     
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    #159 Trialben, Jan 6, 2023
    Cheers mate.

    She's a tightrope this life sometimes too much of one thing can send you tumbling down.

    Gunna get back on the tightrope but:D!
     
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    #160 Zambezi Special, Jan 6, 2023
    Eish Ben, if it doesn't rain it pours :(
    Sorry to hear.
    You are wise to go for a 2nd opinion.
    Good luck!
    Maybe you can have those sugars when they are all transferred into alcohol and diastaticus yeast becomes the answer?
    Fingers crossed!
     
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