Beef and/or mushroom and barley stew is a winter staple in my family. Never had trouble finding barley in the store. I have vegetarian friends who use it all

Beef and/or mushroom and barley stew is a winter staple in my family. Never had trouble finding barley in the store. I have vegetarian friends who use it all sorts of places that I might have used oats, lentils or rice. Of course...brewing would be the finest use of it. :-)