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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 the barley, but I'd rather not. Is there any reason why I couldn't buy barley from the grocery...

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 extract! This is the recipe: 3.3lbs Breis Dark Syrup 3.3 Breis Golden Light Syrup 1.5 extra...

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 not home, my house is usually about 64-65˚ F. I looked at the stick on thermometer on the...

I've got a Weizenbier from a kit going in the fermenter now. The instructions called for 3-7 days of fermentation with the airlock activity in consideration. Well, the airlock bubbling stopped within two days, maybe three at the most. I gave it another couple of days and opened it up today...

I've never been quite sure about the correct method to check the specific gravity from the fermenter. With my first batch, I didn't realize that I was supposed to remove a sample and read from that so I actually threw my hydrometer into the fermenter. You can imagine how difficult it was to take...

I'm about ready to start on my third brew after two successful batches. The first was a kit and the second was a recipe. I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions for good beginner brews. I'm getting a little more comfortable with the process, but I'd still like to get a good handle on it before...

I began homebrewing only about two months ago. My first batch was a Brewer's best kit of Irish Stout and it turned out excellent. It was in fact one of the best tasting beers I've had. So this time I tried to brew a batch of Elbro Nerkte Brown Ale from The Joy of Homebrewing. The beer is...