Skip to main content

Research Library: The Data Catalog

Every original dataset this site publishes, in one catalog. This is the research side of Gluten Free Brewer: primary data from two decades of commercial gluten-free brewing and the programs that supported it — published in full, downloadable, and citable, because this work has barely existed in North America and whoever does it next shouldn't start from zero.

The brewing knowledge base explains how to brew; this library holds the records underneath it. Every dataset here follows the same rules: tables generated from the original documents (never hand-transcribed), a full-precision CSV download, a ready-to-paste citation, and reuse-with-attribution. Where a narrative page interprets a dataset, the two link both ways.

The catalog​

DatasetWhat it isMeasuresDownload
USDA Madison Screening25 named sorghum cultivars micro-malted at the USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Research Unit, two germination lengthsExtract, DP, α-amylase, FAN, protein, S/T, wort clarity and colorCSV
2002–2004 Screenings74 samples from the same program's earlier rounds — Texas and SorTech breeding lines, early hybrid candidates, across Missouri/Kansas/NebraskaExtract, DP (units unlabeled), α-amylase, FAN, protein, turbidity, wort clarity and colorCSV

More datasets are in preparation from the same archive: the independent laboratory analysis of production sorghum malt, production malt QA lot records, finished-beer laboratory results, and the 2004 screening summary. Each will appear here as it clears review.

Proposed standards​

The library also carries proposals — specific, criticizable drafts published so the field has something to react to:

  • Sorghum Malt Evaluation Standard (GFB-SME, draft v0.1) — evaluate sorghum malt as a character ingredient: an external-enzyme reference mash in place of the congress mash, turbidity and FAN as first-class measures, mandatory units declarations, and a defined sensory panel. Written for the gap the field has papered over with borrowed barley methods and South Africa's opaque-beer spec (SABS 235).
  • SABS 235 review — what the one existing sorghum malt standard actually is, the opaque-beer context it was built for, the units problem it exported, and why borrowing it for modern brewing should stop.

How this library works​

  • Data pages are frozen records. Once published, a dataset changes only for corrections, and corrections are recorded.
  • Cite what you use. Every data page carries a ready-to-paste citation naming the originating laboratory and this site as published source.
  • Context lives with the subject. The story of why a dataset matters — and how our flavor-first doctrine reads it — lives on the brewing side, linked from each data page.
  • If you build on this data, tell us. The contact page works; results that extend this record are exactly what this library exists for.