Gluten Free Yeast

[Smiddylad]

Does anyone know which dried yeast can be used in Gluten Free beer?

 

[Cwrw666]

Can you not just use something like clarityferm in your brew which breaks down protein, and as gluten is a protein it breaks that down as well?

 

[DoctorMick]

Yeast doesn't contain gluten does it? I thought it was the grains that were the problem?

 

[DoctorMick]

Can you not just use something like clarityferm in your brew which breaks down protein, and as gluten is a protein it breaks that down as well?

That was my first thought as well, most commercial gluten free beers use it I think. For example, BrewDogs Vagabond is just a pretty standard beer with Brewers Clarex added.

 

[Smiddylad]

No I'm planning to brew using sorghum and I wanted to use a yeast that has not been cultured using malted barley.

 

[strange-steve]

According to Danstar's website their yeast is gluten free, see here.

 

[DoctorMick]

No I'm planning to brew using sorghum and I wanted to use a yeast that has not been cultured using malted barley.

I never realised yeast was cultured using barley, makes sense I suppose. Apparently WYeast American Ale II is gluten free: http://www.wyeastlab.com/hb_yeaststrain_detail.cfm?ID=151

 

[simon12]

It looks like you want to avoid every molecule of gluten but I thought i'd point out anyway, even yeast cultivated on barley is not supposed to have any barley in it but could potentially have 0.01% (my total guesstimate) and once thats diluted in 5 gallons of beer there would not be any measurable amount.