My father-in-law recently discovered that a gluten-free diet completely
eliminates several nasty health problems he's been dealing with for years.
After just a few months on this diet, he's free of problems that his
doctors have been trying to combat for decades.
That's the good news. The bad news is, he can't drink beer anymore! He's
perfectly willing to forego beer if that's what it takes, but I'm curious
if there's anything on the market that he might like which is also gluten
free. I'm not optimistic, since grains are the main ingredient, but though
I might ask. Any advice?
> That's the good news. The bad news is, he can't drink beer anymore! He's
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perfectly willing to forego beer if that's what it takes, but I'm curious if there's anything on the market that he might like which is also gluten free. I'm not optimistic, since grains are the main ingredient, but though I might ask. Any advice?
Anyone ever make beer from oats? Oat contains no gluten. Personally, can't stand wheat beer, but many like it - I wonder what oat beer is like?
Oats are used in stouts sometimes. My understanding is that oats have too
much oil to be used exclusively (oil kills head and it also can spoil -
ie. go rancid). Also, I don't know if oats can convert their starch to
sugar by themselves (usually the enzymes in the barley do the conversion).
Most "substitutes" I've seen use white grain sorghum.
The problem with any of these is that YOU will have to "malt" the grain
(ie. sprout it) to get the enzymes for start conversion. That's the hard
part... I don't think anything but malted wheat is available to
purchase. You can also use corn, buckwheat?, and other grains.
We recently discussed this matter in our beerbrewing club. They wrote an
article about commercial available gluten-free beer. It is Green's
Gluten-Free Discovery Beer available in the UK.
Brand are: Discovery (beer), Pioneer (lagerbeer), Explorer (stout), Herald
(ale) en Trailblazer (lagerbeer) .
I hope this will help your father-in-law. Cheers.
With kind regards,
Gerico de Vries
Triple-W Beerbrewing club the Netherlands.
"Tom Henderson" <TomH_4th@BellSouth.net> wrote in message
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My father-in-law recently discovered that a gluten-free diet completely eliminates several nasty health problems he's been dealing with for years. After just a few months on this diet, he's free of problems that his doctors have been trying to combat for decades. That's the good news. The bad news is, he can't drink beer anymore! He's perfectly willing to forego beer if that's what it takes, but I'm curious if there's anything on the market that he might like which is also gluten free. I'm not optimistic, since grains are the main ingredient, but though I might ask. Any advice? Thanks, Tom
> Anyone ever make beer from oats? Oat contains no gluten. Personally,
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can't stand wheat beer, but many like it - I wonder what oat beer is like?
I have celiac disease and have been on completely gluten free for 18 years.
Sometimes, rarely, I buy a food that is poorly labelled, one such time I
purchased rice flakes, which made me quite ill, done some checking
and found that they had added oat flour in the manufacturing process!
I would not advise any one, especially someone newly diagnosed
to consume any oats at all.
Check out the first question here: (Q: What is the latest on the oats question?)
Tom, your father-in-law might find some other things of interest on this
excellent website.
I have only recently found out about "gluten free beer" so I am looking
forward to trying some
It also was also many decades before my diagnosis ...I wish him well
Anyone ever make beer from oats? Oat contains no gluten. Personally, can't stand wheat beer, but many like it - I wonder what oat beer is like? I have celiac disease and have been on completely gluten free for 18 years. Sometimes, rarely, I buy a food that is poorly labelled, one such time I purchased rice flakes, which made me quite ill, done some checking and found that they had added oat flour in the manufacturing process! I would not advise any one, especially someone newly diagnosed to consume any oats at all. Check out the first question here: (Q: What is the latest on the oats question?) http://members.ozemail.com.au/~coeliac/sprue2.html Tom, your father-in-law might find some other things of interest on this excellent website. I have only recently found out about "gluten free beer" so I am looking forward to trying some It also was also many decades before my diagnosis ...I wish him well Rupert.
Thanks Jeremy, the "New Grist" looks like a nice beer, but I
live in Australia ...luckily they are starting to become available
here as well: http://www.obrienbrewing.com.au/index.htm
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