- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Nottingham
- Yeast Starter
- Not if using dry
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5.5
- Original Gravity
- 1.051
- Final Gravity
- 1.012
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 90
- IBU
- 29
- Color
- 14
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14 at 62
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14 at 62
- Tasting Notes
- slightly roasty, with a touch of bitterness. Pretty close to Fat Squirrel, I think!
6 pounds Pilsner malt
1 pound Caravienne malt
1 pound Munich malt
1 pound flaked Oats
12 ounces flaked barley
4 ounces chocolate malt
.50 Magnum (FWH)
1.00 Saaz (10 minutes)
Mash at 154 for an hour. Sparge to reach boil volume. If using the pilsner malt, boil for 90 minutes.
View attachment fatsquirrel.bsm
When I was out of pilsner malt, I used maris otter malt, and it came out great! I also used chinook for bittering, since I was out of magnum. That worked well, too.
This recipe has been brewed numerous times by Bernie Brewer and he has photos in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/fat-squirrel-clone-47671/
1 pound Caravienne malt
1 pound Munich malt
1 pound flaked Oats
12 ounces flaked barley
4 ounces chocolate malt
.50 Magnum (FWH)
1.00 Saaz (10 minutes)
Mash at 154 for an hour. Sparge to reach boil volume. If using the pilsner malt, boil for 90 minutes.
View attachment fatsquirrel.bsm
When I was out of pilsner malt, I used maris otter malt, and it came out great! I also used chinook for bittering, since I was out of magnum. That worked well, too.
This recipe has been brewed numerous times by Bernie Brewer and he has photos in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/fat-squirrel-clone-47671/