Buckwheat

Buckwheat has been used as an adjunct for a long time in a few beers. It also is used to make gluten free beers. It has a high gelatinisation temp so need to be boiled first. Extract potential is about 1.032.

Can be used lightly roasted to add colour to gluten free beers, or use Kasha (a roasted buchwheat). I think Rogues make a buckwheat ale.

Robert

Funny you should mention that. I was actually eating kasha with a steak and a homebrew when I thought to ask the question. Just idle curiosity, really. Thanks!

I have used and experimented with buckwheat many time, coming very clos

to cloning Rogues Buckwheat Ale. I would be happy to answer an questions, share information on brewing with buckwheat. you can e-mai me at snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net. If you have Promash brewing software, have a few recipes you may enjoy

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As mentioned in a previous response, it can be used to make gluten free beer, as I am in the process of doing right now. Why you ask? There are millions of people now with a disease called ciliac disease which is an intolerance to gluten, which every beer has, so you have to use adjuncts which are gluten free, buckwheat, sorghum (sp?), millet are a few. As for the rest of the recipe, it includes 6lbs of rice syrup, saaz, hallertaur hersbrucker hops and corn sugar. Of course you can't go out and buy malted buckwheat so you have to do this yourself....about a 3-4 day process, but not too difficult.

I'll let ya'll know how it turns out, I just finished the malting process on the buckwheat yesterday, so will be making the beer in the next day or so.

PS64