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Around 10 days ago I cooked up an Oatmeal Stout - it's currently fermenting. The recipe called for brown sugar in the boil, and like the fool that I am, I forgot to add it. I didn't think it was that big of a deal and would be fine without it, but I read some instances of people adding brown...

So last night I made a yeast starter using Goya Malta - I've heard many success stories using Malta and I didn't have any DME on hand. This is my first time making a yeast starter. I used around two bottles of Malta and added enough water to get it to a gravity of around 1.04. Altogether it's...

So I am currently in the process of fermenting my second beer, a Belgian Wit. I was hoping to have it ready by Memorial Day weekend, but ultimately what's most important is that I have the best beer possible. I've been searching around in regards to fermentation times for wits and I've been...

So today I started my first homebrew of an extract kit, Autumn Amber Ale from Midwest Brewing. Everything seemed to go according to plan, and I followed all of the instructions closely. However, when taking my starting gravity reading I noticed it was oddly low. I got a reading of 1.02...