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So I moved out to the country and have a small (1/2 acre) field now. Some part of me wants to put it to good use; maybe farming is in my roots. So I’m wondering if anyone grows their own ingredients? If I grew my own grains what might I have to do to them to use them in a beer? I ask because I...

I'm looking for a suitable recipe to reuse the Wyeast 1098 Brit Ale that I am brewing with now. I'm doing a Nut Brown at the moment and the Brit Ale was the yeast that my LHBS gave me when I asked for a liquid. Reading Wyeast's page it seems this wasn't the best bet but I'm sure it'll turn out...

I think this is the best place to post this, if not where would the better place be? I was wondering what the effects of warmer, cooler, and fluctuating temperatures during fermentation are? I ask because at this time I’m kinda at the mercy of the temperature of my home which I can’t...

Went looking for a kit or recipe yesterday and settled on a Muntons Nut Brown Ale. After reading the forum for awhile I also grabbed a liquid yeast pack for an English ale. Knowing full well that cane sugar makes nasty beer I looked at the instructions and it suggested spray dried “light” malt...

I started a cider kit from Vinoka a few days ago. On the directions it calls for adding Liquid Invert Sugar before carbonating and bottling. It does say you can use store bought sugar or corn sugar but not "Brewers Glucose". Maybe I'm just being critical but I used cane sugar before in a beer...

I started a cider kit from Vinoka a few days ago. On the directions it calls for adding Liquid Invert Sugar before carbonating and bottling. It does say you can use store bought sugar or corn sugar but not "Brewers Glucose". Maybe I'm just being critical but I used cane sugar before in a beer...