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Recipe: Eckert Kristina’s Challenge Pale Ale

With a gluten-free grist of 100 percent rice malt, this homebrew recipe comes from Jim Eckert, the rice-malting pioneer who founded Eckert Malting & Brewing in Chico, California.

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This hop-forward American pale ale is gluten-free; without barley malt in the bill, it relies on enzymes to ensure saccharification and a healthy fermentation.

For more from Eckert about how he went from homebrewing to become the world's first maltster to focus on rice, see Maltster’s Perspective: Jim Eckert, Rice Malt Pioneer. And for much more about this grain's wider potential in brewing, see Malted Rice Is on the Rise.

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Batch size: 5 gallons (19 liters)
Brewhouse efficiency: 72%
OG: 1.055 (13.6°P)
FG: 1.012 (3.1°P)
IBUs: 48
ABV: 5.7%

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