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So I was reading through Brandon O's Graff thread and I got inspired to make something similar but using a base of rhubarb (+water & sugar) instead of apple juice. I've made a few rhubarb wines in the past and they've turned out great so I figured why not try something like a graff with rhubarb...

Anyone aware of a beer style that lends itself well to being brewed with a water that is rich in iron? There's a well near my house that takes clean water straight from the aquifer that I'd like to experiment brewing with. The water is hard and has an irony taste.

Back in october I harvested wild yeast from some wines grapes I'm growing in my yard, I brewed a small batch with it and it turned out well so I saved the trub/yeast from that batch in the fridge. I recently woke the yeast up from it’s cold storage slumber with some yeast nutrient/energizer...

a few months ago I picked up a couple cans (one hopped one unhopped) of John Bull dark malt extract and ended up making an excellent schwarzbier with it. I see that the John Bull brand has been discontinued. Should I despair of even recreating this excellent beer or does anyone know of a...

So I figured I'd try to make some beer since I live in Milwaukee. I got an ingredient kit (American Wheat), brewed it up, had it fermenting just fine and then the weather turned really cold and it got cold in my house. The fermentation pretty much stopped (yeast went dormant) at 1.020 (OG...

Hi there my name is Matt and I live in Milwaukee, WI. I started making wine this summer and since I live in Brew City I figured I should also try my hand at beer as well. I currently have 5 gallons of American wheat ale fermenting (slowly) in my house.