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• Posted in thread: Barley from the grocery store? on 02-18-2007 at 11:39 PM
  Add a little more dark crystal or chocolate. You will lack a little of the color (probably not
  noticable in a stout) and bitterness, but eh, it will be yummy anyhow.The PolGood point. I'm
  not necessar...

• Posted in thread: Barley from the grocery store? on 02-18-2007 at 11:35 PM
  I'm not sure whether the grocery store barley would work, but roasted barley is unmalted, so
  that's not an issue.This is what I thought. I imagine that roasting the barley I buy wouldn't
  cause any ser...

• Posted in thread: Barley from the grocery store? on 02-18-2007 at 10:59 PM
  My Oatmeal Stout recipe calls for British Roasted Barley (4oz) and unfortunately, it seems that
  I missed this at the LHBS while shopping. The shop is closed and I want to start tonight. I
  could skip t...

• Posted in thread: Whoops! Forgotten ingredients. on 01-31-2007 at 07:22 PM
  Great. I'll try adding it tonight. I'll just make sure to siphon it in smoothly with a
  sanitized tube.

• Posted in thread: Whoops! Forgotten ingredients. on 01-31-2007 at 04:45 AM
  I don't think it would so long as the extract is sanitized by boiling before you pour it in.
  (and cooled of course)Maybe I'll give it a shot. How much water would you suggest boiling 1.5
  lbs of DME in...

• Posted in thread: Whoops! Forgotten ingredients. on 01-31-2007 at 04:19 AM
  If it were me I would boil the DME in some water and dump it in your fermenter after it cools.
  That's just me but I'm not big on very low gravity beers.Hmm. I was wondering about doing
  something like ...

• Posted in thread: Whoops! Forgotten ingredients. on 01-31-2007 at 03:24 AM
  So, yesterday I brewed up a Dubbel recipe from Papazian's book which was pretty simple to start
  with. Well, I was cleaning up and I noticed that somehow, I had actually forgotten to use the
  dried malt...

• Posted in thread: Fermentation Temperatures on 01-13-2007 at 04:15 PM
  Maybe some more info would help us help you, like, how long has it been fermenting, has the
  airlock been bubbling, what was the gravity reading when you took it?Well, I've had it in the
  fermenter for ...

• Posted in thread: Fermentation Temperatures on 01-12-2007 at 02:15 PM
  I currently have a batch of beer in my fermenter that should be ready for bottling. However, I
  realized that the temperature in my house is a little lower than recommended for fermentation.
  While I'm ...

• Posted in thread: Floating gunk in the fermenter on 01-03-2007 at 04:36 AM
  That's what I like to hear!I also haven't done a secondary yet with any of the few batches I've
  done so far. Maybe I'll get a carboy and give it a shot.