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So I'm planning on making a Scotch Ale in a little bit and the recipe calls for about 2.5 oz of peated malt. Anyways, local shop only seems to have smoked malt in right now and I was wondering if anyone knew how much I should sub. I know it will give a different taste, but I wouldn't mind making...

I'm trying to make a beer with a similar taste to Granville Island English bay pale ale, or Bowen Island Irish Cream Ale. They both have this caramel / vanilla taste which is amazing. I have a hunch that this may come from the yeast, and I'm pretty sure they don't add vanilla or anything. Does...

So I made a chocolate stout a couple of weeks ago. Its been in my secondary for a week now and I just tried it and found its too bitter. I used raw coco and it tastes a lot like bitter dark chocolate. This isn't terrible, but I was just hoping to make this more like a christmas chocolate /...

I am thinking of doing up a holiday beer, something like a chocolate porter with spices, but my lhbs has no chocolate malt. I was thinking of upping my roast barley and crystal and maybe using some munich, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :confused:

So a few years ago I was at a summer time festival and the local brewery, Church-Key (Cambellford, Ontario) was serving up its Rosemary Ginger Spiced Ale. It was absoloutly incredible and I remember the keg was emptied in a flash. It almost tasted minty, with the sweetness of the rosemary coming...

So tomorrow I'm planning to brew a Belgian Blonde Affligem clone and it calls for an lb of candy sugar, which i wasn't able to get. So i'm wondering whether to use table sugar or use some Golden Sugar which I have on the shelf. I've seen things about how to make candy sugar, but i've also...

When I bought my equipment from the brew shop I got both a carboy with an airlock an a larger plastic pail with a lid that isn't airtight to use for primary fermentation. Right now I have one batch conditioning in the carboy and it needs to be there for a bit longer, but I was thinking about...

I'm brewing a pilsner right now but I live in an apartment. The guy at my homebrew store gave me a liquid pack of pilsner yeast for it. I know you're suposed to do pilsners at lower temps, but the guy said it would be fine, it would just lack some of the crispness. Does anyone know the effect...

I'm pretty new to brewing. I just made my first batch from a Morgan's Amber Ale kit. I know people here say not to, but I followed the instructions on the can because thats what the guy at the brew store said to do. I just have a few questions. First- I used corn sugar cause the store guy...