G-Free

In response to a request from a local restaurant chain, we brewed a gluten-free beer early last month. Last Friday, I filtered, carbonated and kegged out the beer which we call G-Free. The beer, which was made with 660 lbs of sorghum syrup also contains four pounds of coriander and four pounds of Orange peel. We used a Belgian White yeast strain and hopped it with EKG's and Czech Saaz. The coriander and orange peel are very noticeable on the nose and palate of the beer. It definitely doesn't taste like a normal beer, there's no doubt about that. I really haven't had many gluten-free beers, so I don't have a large basis for comparison. Light-bodied with orange fruit notes is about the best one-sentence description I could write. G-Free is carbonated to a fairly high level, so it has a nice thick, creamy head that lingers for some time. Not exactly sure when or if G-Free will be available at the brewery. It may only be available at the restaurant. With the G-Free in kegs, this means that our 15 BBL fermenter, used solely for seasonals/specialities is wide open. We're still kicking around ideas on what to brew next. Due to hop shortages and prices it doesn't look like it will be an IPA.