For anyone reading through this Coeliac thread on brewing with Gluten free Grains this guy Andrew Lavery came up with the mash method for getting similar extraction from the gluten free grains as compared to barley.
Also it looks like the best performer when it comes to Diastatic power in these GF grains Is Millet it seems like the GO To and has both Beta and Alpah Amylase as well as Limit dextrine which I learnt barley doesn't have which I've learned helps with breaking apart the branched carbohydrate molecules to make it accessible to Alpha and Beta Amylase to then " "cut in" to do their conversion. (My words listen to poddy for his explanation
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This is eppisode 40 on Brulab if you wanna find the link in your go to listen podcast app.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4r...i=uNrHgkm9RLKk7wHg1JeU7w&utm_source=copy-link
The method described in that pody is using enzymes in the GF grains and how to go about brewing best practice without using endogenous enzymes.
The go to it seems so far in the GF brewing community is to add these endogenous enzymes to the mash to help achieve the best conversion without all the hastle of the above podcast method, the pre geletanisation then adding back of supernatant (Enzyme rich saved wort) to the geletized grains to begin the mash conversion.
This poddy looks at the use of base GF grains in brewing
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4r...i=zhay2ujQT_SnC_o46_2wcg&utm_source=copy-link
For me personally I'll have a crack first at trying this adapted decoction method to make the starches available before using the enzymes but it looks to be the best approach especially if I want to use rice or other less enzymatic grains is to add Enzymes...
Also I think my DIY malting is gunna be pretty crappy at first and really deficient in any enzymes.
The corn and buckwheat I'm attempting to malt ATM are both really low in Enzymes and they both contain just one half of the Enzymatic group.
I think it's Corn has a low amount of Alpha Amylase and the buckwheat has low amounts of Beta either or the other way around.
Also buckwheat I've found is a thirsty bastard so you have to account for extra mash absorbtion it also can get pretty sticky is what I've read and heard.
But it's the head retention qualities that I'm after.
Anyhow I'll stop here.