Simple Simon (Gluten Free)

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5 gallons/19 L, extract; 
OG = 1.047; 
FG = 1.011; 
IBU = 22; 
SRM = 8; 
ABV = 4.7%

Ingredients:

  • 6 lb. 11 oz. (3.0 kg) BriesSweet White Sorghum Syrup 45 DE High Maltose
  • 0.50 lbs. (0.23 kg) honey
  • 6 AAU Tettnang hops (60 mins)
  • (1.5 oz./43 g of 4% alpha acids)
  • Danstar Nottingham dried ale yeast
  • 0.75 cups corn sugar (for priming)

Step by Step:

Heat 2.5 gallons (9.5 L) of water to a boil, then stir in sorghum syrup. 

Return wort to a boil, then add hops and boil for 60 minutes. 

At the end of the boil, stir in honey with a sanitized spoon, then cool wort until sides of brewpot are cool to the touch. 

Transfer wort to a sanitized fermenter and top up with water to 5 gallons (19 L). Aerate wort and pitch yeast. 

Ferment at 68 °F (20 °C). Bottle with corn sugar.