Malted Sorghum

[arkadiuszmakarenko]

Is malted Sorghum available in UK? I was thinking to brew some gluten free beer, so I would need some malted Sorghum.

 

[RobWalker]

The bad news is, you are almost definitely looking at a kit.

The good news is they exist. Google for "gone with the wheat home brew kit." They cost about 25 quid but that's still very cheap for 40 pints!

 

[oldbloke]

I've made ale from millet which I malted myself. Came out not too bad. Search this forum for millet, you'll find the posts.
Sorghum can be got on ebay if you fancy trying malting that.
I have a Gone With The Wheat kit but haven't started it off yet - you get two cans of sorghum syrup, 2 bottles of hop extract, and some yeast.
There are some recipes for GF ersatz ales over on the forum at JimsBeerKit.co.uk - weird ingredients but they work. Search that forum for "Duncan Incapable" "Red Diesel" and "Four Star"

 

[arkadiuszmakarenko]

I am looking for commercial malted sorghum. I found it in India... ( anyone would like to share 10 tons? ) So for some reason I thought that it could be available in somewhere England.

 

[oldbloke]

Couldn't find any when I looked either.

 

[RobWalker]

I had a similar quest for honey malt, and after many wasted hours, I realised that just doing the best with what's readily available. Theres no reason you can't make hop and flavour additions to a kit and rip it a new one

 

[arkadiuszmakarenko]

I had a similar quest for honey malt, and after many wasted hours, I realised that just doing the best with what's readily available. Theres no reason you can't make hop and flavour additions to a kit and rip it a new one

I always thought that honey malt is more or less similar to melanoid malt..hmmm