celtic_man81
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I am new to the home brewing world, but I do feel ready to be making my own recipe. I have done about 5 batches of beer (the 5th being the best turned out). Three using beer kits (the rest were custom and didn't turn out, one using purely herbs, the other may have turned out if I hadn't burned my batch . Anyways, I am trying to make a dark ale of sorts. I have been reading bits and pieces from "Home brewing for Dummies" and it insinuates that you have to use regular grains along with "specialty grains" (if you are using them), such as crystal malt. My question is, can I use "Specialty grains" only, or do I have to have regular grains as well? The book refers the regular grains as the "building blocks" (which is why I am asking). Thanks for suggestions.