Calling CQ is still a weird thing for me. I mostly just spin the dial and hope to find someone else calling CQ; or even better someone calling CQ DX or CQ Contest. These are great because it’s a narrow set of conversational topics. You get an RST, you give an RST, you exchange QTH…
So it appears that our President enjoys the homebrews. Perhaps he’d be interested in a little home brew exchange. I know I am.
Truly nothing better than to come home from a crap day at work to learn that the Belgian Wit was fermenting with such vigor as to blow the top off the airlock with krauseny goodness. The fermentation room smelled like beer and the bucket lid looked like the closing shot from some circle jerk pr0n…
After a fun morning of yard work (who ever heard of mowing the yard before April?), a dog meet up in the circle, and racking the peach wine we endeavored to brew up a yet to be branded Belgian Wit. Judging by the smell test administered via the airlock this morning, it promises to be…
This weekend I want to brew but I cannot decide. We’re 3 for 5 assuming something strange does not wreck havoc on the Son of Nutter. The two failures were a Belgian wit and an oatmeal stout. I love a good wit and I also love a good stout. I’m leaning wit right now for…
Courtesy of Butter, we brewed up another batch of the Black Squirrel Nutter. The first one was such a hit and it was gone far too soon. Everyone agreed that we needed to do that again. So after sufficient recovery from the previous night’s festivities had happened (and thanks, Jeremy, it was awesome to be…
Stopped by the LHBS while oot and aboot today and picked up the following: 10 lbs US 2 Row 1 lb US Crystal/Carmel 80L 1 lb UK Chocolate Malt 1 lb UK Black Malt 1 lb UK Torrified Wheat 1 lb US Flaked Wheat 1 lb CN Flaked Oats 1 pkg Danstar Nottingham Dry Yeast…
I’ve been thinking about putting up an RIS because I really like a big, malty beer. My problems are twofold however. First, I need to actually make my BIAB bag. Second, my pipeline is still a bit narrow for the level of consumption being engaged in. I brewed what probably qualifies as a Blonde Ale…
Here’s the end result. 2012B01 A.K.A. Black Squirrel Nutter. She’s lovely, brown, and crisp/sweet with a moderate nuttiness. Stats: OG: 1.051 FG: 1.016 ABV: 4.7% Bottles remaining: 21 as of right now. Yikes! Between gifts, graft, and personal consumption, that’s half the batch in less than a week. Time to make more beer! Maybe this…
It’s been a bit of a wait, but the first reviews of Black Squirrel “Nutter” have been favorable. This is the second ever batch brewed by Circle Bar Brewery, which is a fancy way of saying me and my compatriots. Special thanks to Dan, Doug, and Gavin who stopped by and helped while away the…