Foolish King

Fermentables

Ingredient	Amount	%	MCU	When
Brown Rice Syrup	0.900 kg	64.7 %	0.0	In Mash/Steeped
Quinoa	0.200 kg	14.4 %	0.0	In Mash/Steeped
Buckwheat	0.200 kg	14.4 %	0.7	In Mash/Steeped
Sugar - Candi Sugar Dark	0.090 kg	6.5 %	34.4	Start Of Boil

Hops

Variety	Alpha	Amount	IBU	Form	When
US Simcoe	12.2 %	21 g	45.0	Loose Whole Hops	15 Min From End
US Amarillo	6.9 %	20 g	26.3	Loose Pellet Hops	15 Min From End
US Amarillo	6.9 %	15 g	0.0	Loose Pellet Hops	At turn off
US Simcoe	12.2 %	15 g	0.0	Loose Whole Hops	At turn off
US Simcoe	12.2 %	15 g	0.0	Loose Whole Hops	Dry-Hopped

Recipe Overview

Target Pre-Boil Gravity:	1.057 SG	Actual Pre-Boil Gravity:	-No Record-
Target OG:	1.071 SG	Actual OG:	-No Record-
Target FG:	1.015 SG	Actual FG:	-No Record-

Yeast

DCL US-05 (formerly US-56) SafAle


Foolish King was a 4L batch of gluten free beer I made with friend and colleague Stu Wrigley. I had no idea how it come out - most of the fermentable was Brown Rice Syrup which was an interesting sticky rice goo. I took the recipe from Basic Brewing Radio (link goes to PDF). I wanted something that had enough hop character to counteract the lack of body and malt substance - in hindsight I think we overdid it a bit on the hops. Initial tasting was that the beer was incredibly bitter and had quite an acrid hop character, if I did this again I would cut back on the 15 minute hops. Having said that, the last bottle had been conditioning for about 6 months and had mellowed out into something quite pleasant. It tastes much more like a lager than a beer, so maybe a shift to more noble hops would be successful. Compared to the only commercial gluten free I've had it stands up.