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Carolyn Smagalski

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Beer Fox Carolyn Smagalski

• The Voice of Women: Beer & Brewing - BellaOnline

• GABF 2006 Recipient of Beer Journalism Award in Electronic Media

• Freelance Beer Journalist

• Gluten Free Beer Festival UK

Why Do You Brew?

• Self image: Wizard – Alchemist – Creator

• Skill development as Scientist and Artist

• It’s fun!

• Creating connectedness – one with another

The Joys of Beer

• Aperitif• Quencher• Sipper• Winter Warmer• Cuisine a la Biere

The Missing Puzzle Piece

The Celiac Challenge

• Medical symptoms• The Double-edged

Sword• Caging the social

animal• Lifestyle change

New Category for Style

Gluten Free Beer

• In 2007 – New category at the GABF

• 2006 - 1st International Gluten Free Beer Festival in Chesterfield, England, held in conjunction with CAMRA

• Seattle Gluten Free Beer Festival – March 2007

Brewers’ Challenge

• Developing GF Beer and/or using alternate grains & nuts in brewing

– Challenges with malting

– Enzymes in brewing

– Extracting and breaking down sugars in nuts

– Developing a palatable, rich flavor profile

– Creativity that stays within the definition of beer, but reaches beyond tradition

Grains-of-Concern for the Celiac

• Barley – Hordein • Wheat – Gliadin • Oats – Avenin – Toxic via

cross contamination

• Rye – Secalin

• Triticale – Hybrid of wheat and rye

Water

• “Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.”

Dave Barry

Defining Gluten Free Beer

• Reinheitsgebot

• Codex Alimentarius

• Food and Drug Administration

• Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

• Beer Judge Certification Program

Gluten Free Beer

Common Alternate Grains & Nuts

• Sorghum – Native to Northeast Africa – attractive option for GF brewing

• Teff – Origins trace back 4000-1000 years to Ethiopia – attractive nutrition profile – highly recommended for GF brewing.

Gluten Free Beer Common Alternate Grains & Nuts

• Buckwheat – Roots were in Southwest Asia, Tibet, Central & Western China

• Rice – From tropical & subtropical regions of Asia and Africa – crop of major importance throughout the world.

• Chestnuts – Origins to southwestern and eastern Asia, southern Europe and North America. Chips are used for brewing.

Gluten Free Beer Common Alternate Grains & Nuts

• Quinoa – Native to Andean Region of South America – Important Pre-Columbian crop

• Honey – Viscous, hygroscopic, sweet – produced by honeybees from nectar of flowering plants

• Maize – Domesticated in MesoAmerica – Introduced to cultures of North America, Caribbean, South America, China and Europe in the late 1400’s.

Gluten Free Beer Common Alternate Grains & Nuts

• Coconut – Blended with quinoa, it yields a fresh and exotic profile

• Banana – Tropical fruit forms a base in recipes originating from the Masai tribe of Kenya and Tanzania

• Palmnut – Angolan recipe using African palm nuts

• Flax – New variety of yellow seed, the Omega, developed by the North Dakota State University research project

Gluten Free Yeast

• Certified Gluten Free

• Yeast must be grown on a gluten free medium– Potato– Sorghum wort– Beets– Sugar Cane

Creativity Among Brewers Mainstream Beer

• Anheuser-Busch – Redbridge brewed in Merrimack, NH

• Bard’s Tale – The Original Sorghum Malt Beer

• Lakefront Brewery – New Grist

• The Alchemist – Celia IPA; Celia Framboise; more

• New Planet – 3R Raspberry Ale; Tread Lightly Ale

• Deschutes - Gluten Free Amber Ale

• O’Brien Brewing – O’Brien Premium Lager

Creativity among Brewers Far End of the Universe

• Trails End – Chestnut Beer

• Mongozo Beer – Low Gluten: Not 100% Gluten Free – Mongozo Coconut; Banana; Palmnut Amber; Quinua

• New France Beers – La Messagère

• Greens – Endeavour Double Dark; Pilgrim Cherry Beer; Discovery Beer; Explorer Stout; Herald Ale; Pioneer Lager, Trailblazer Lager

• Ramapo Valley Brewery – Honey Beer

Tasting Gluten Free Beer

• Flavor Profile differs from lager or ale

• As different as Belgian Beer; Sake; Mead; Barley Wine

• Sorghum – coveted in traditional African brewing for its sour and/or acidic profile

• GF Beer may taste of earth, wood, herbs, honey, sweetness, orange blossoms, etc.

• Hops are important for balance

Thank You

"A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her."

W.C. Fields