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Gluten Free Beer, First attempt all over again.

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No sooner did I say that I haven't done anything, the I went and did something.  I saw that a nearby store had started listing sorghum syrup as one of the products they carried, and I know I did not see that several months ago.  It turns out that the store just started carrying them as of the end of December.  They purchased ten 7 pound containers, and it seems that they're down to half already, so they said that they would be getting more.  I also said that I'd spread the word because I would like to have more gluten free brewers in my area, as well as a source of sorghum syrup. 
True, eventually I'd like to be able to use malted grain and such, but until then, this works.

I finished building my wort chiller using 50 feet of copper refridgerator tubing and some compression connectors and tested it for leaks.  Not getting any, I then filled up a large 6 gallon aluminum pot, used for turkey frying.  I added 5 gallons of water and started it heating on the stove, it took an hour or two to heat up to boiling.  I then used a similar recipe to my very first batch, since I wanted something simple.

7 pounds sorghum syrup (30 minutes)
2 oz Kent Golding hops (60 minutes)
1 oz Kent Golding hops (10 minutes)
Irish moss (as a clarifier)
The OG turned out to be 1.054 at about 65 degrees. (However the brewing calculator calculated it at 1.048)
The expected bitterness should be about 41.40 IBU
and I'm using a full packet of Safale S-04 (English ale yeast)
I also plan on dry hopping, with 1 oz Kent Golding hops in a nylon bag, tied up and suspended in either the primary keg, or the secondary for about a week.

The wort chiller worked as expected so the 5 gallons of liquid was quite cold.  I shudder to think how much water I waste, perhaps I'll eventually circulate ice water like others do, but at the moment, the cold water runs from the faucet, through copper coils and out the other end which drains to the sink.

I then siphoned the liquid from the pot down into a keg, where it was filtered by a nylon bag.  This was perhaps a bit of a mistake because the nylon bag kept getting filled up with hop bits and was difficult to try to drain.  Some of it spilled out due to this.   I believe next time, I'll stick the siphon into the nylon bag and put that into the pot so it filters there.

I then poured in rehydrated yeast and sealed the keg shut then tossed it into the bathtub and rinsed it down with the shower to try to clean the spilled sugar liquid off of it.  I also had to mop the puddle on the floor too.
I think shook the keg, even to the point of laying it on it's side and shaking it, just to try to airate the liquid.  Perhaps I'll get the drill attachment to make it easier to airate, or even an airstone, plastic tubing and an oxygen regulator to connect to a typical oxygen tank sold at a hardware store.

Cleanup was difficult too.  I pretty much emptied the sludge into the sink and tried to spray out the remaining gunk using the plastic hose connected to the sink, as well as running a bottle brush around the thing.  I still managed to get water all over the place and had to mop up again.

Hopefully, this batch will go well.  I also need to get a keg piece that I left behind at the store, so I can transfer beer from one keg, to the other, but leave the yeast sediment behind.

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