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Is it true that New Glarus STOPPED making Fat Squirrel?

just tried my second brewing of the chocolate milk stout all grain kit from northern brewer with a few minor additions to up the chocolate flavor. my problem is i think it is 'watery' or thin in your mouth and i want to get a better mouthfeel a 'thicker feel' if you will. the first batch was the...

I'm going to enter some beer at this years Iowa State Fair and had a question about what catagory i should enter my Chocolate Milk Stout. enter it in the stout category as a Sweet Stout or Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer or Specialty Beer?

I have 1 ounce EACH of Falconers Flight,CTZ Columbus and Boadicea. I don't have to use them at the same time. just looking for some ideas. thanks:ban:

brewing the Summer Citra Wheat (lemon!!!) today, mashing at this very moment. i'm almost giddy with excitement:ban:

will be brewing my first all grain wheat beer on saturday. this will be my 5th all grain beer. i was just wondering about the crush for the wheat. my BC mill is set at .039 do i leave it there and run it through twice or narrow it up. if i do need to narrow it up what would be a good setting?. i...

Will be brewing a Wheat beer soon, and was wondering if i need to do a protien rest? i will be using rahr white wheat and 2 row. thinking on brewing the Summer Citra Wheat (lemon!!!) from the recipe section.

Does wheat malt need a protien rest?

just wondering what people use to store there grains. going to start buying base malts in #50 bags

just wondering if anyone has experienced this. brewed outside a month ago the air temp was about 20 degrees, boiled like i always do but instead of boiling off my typical 1.25 gallons in 60 min i lost 3 gallons! had to top off with 2.5 gallons. typically start the boil with 6.5 -7.5 gallons...

this is the northern brewer kit and will be racking to secondary on 4 oz cacoa nibs in 1 week. n.b. says to just dump nibs into carboy and rack on top. is there a risk of infection? i typcially don't do secondary.

Just thought i'd post about the 5th annual Beers To You And Gourmet Too in Waterloo, IA on Feb, 26 2012. this years guest speaker is Bob Cannon from Samuel Adams Boston Brewery. And for the first time they will be conducting a homebrew contest. Always a great time. great food paired with great beer.

Does anyone know of a clone for Empyrean's Burning Skye Scottish Ale? love that beer and would like to brew it.

Will be doing a wheat beer soon. i have never used wheat as yet and my understanding is that it is smaller then barley and was wondering what would be a good setting on the B.C. it's at .039 right now

Going to brew an all grain pumpkin beer this weekend and will be using rice hulls in the mash for the first time. do you just throw them in the mash as is, do they need to be crushed? to be honest i have never seen rice hulls and the LHBS does not carry them. ordered all my ingredients today.

i batch sparge and have only done one all grain batch so far. my question is after i do my first runnings and then add my sparge water for second and possibly third runnings, after the water is added and everything is stirred do i need to let it sit awhile or can i start draining it right away...

is it possible to brew a GOOD beer from strickly all 6-row barley?

i have a question for anyone who home malts or knows there malted grains like the back of there hand, i have a 50 pound sack of steptoe 6- row barley. wondering if this wiil be good for brewing when malted or do i need to use srtickley 2- row. this is a lot of malt and i don't want to waste my...