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I followed an Irish stout recipe perfect last night, temps were dead on. The only thing I changed was that I switched from wyeast to White Labs (?) yeast. I pitched it at around 12:00 a.m. woke up and no burbing this morning. This is the second time this happened (although, last time, it never...

I'm thinking about brewing something along these lines, any advice or suggestions on a recipe I should use? I was thinking of just picking up a nice stout recipe and then adding crushed strawberries and chocolate during the boil...

So, when I was sparging my grain last night, I clearly let the water get too hot, since all the grain had swollen up like rice. Like an idiot, I went ahead and continued making the wort. Now, I'm wondering what the effects of this would be. Any thoughts? Also, I'm not noticing any burbing...

Hello all! My name is Andrew, I'm a brand spanking new Homebrewer living in Hollywood. I'm 27 and I work in the fine wine and spirits industry, but my passion has always been for beer. I'm here to learn, meet people, and have a good time. You've already helped me out tremendously...

This is a total noob question, so I apologize in advance. I made the wort for a british porter using a recipe sheet completely without incident, but instead of putting it in the plastic fermentation bucket, I put it in the carboy instead. I talked to a guy at my homebrew shop today who said I...