Unfortunately I'm not on the computer or my phone enough to post all the time. I'm looking more to make friends and and since I like brewing thought I would find more people that are interested in this.
You have to buy beer to make beer, Right? Only pry off and swing top bottles though. You can get bottles online but it is more fun to buy a six or more and for a few bucks more than the bottles you get online you can enjoy making empties. I've been buying Sam Adams Alpine Spring and loving it.
Soak in hot water with baking soda. Great Lakes Brewing Co have the toughest labels and baking soda works. Use a lot though! I would say about half a box per 5 gallons of water depending on how many bottles you are cleaning. I have some bottles soaking right now. Sam Adams bottles clean well...
I agree with the simple green. It is biodegradable. Also purple power would work. Cleaned restaurant kitchens a lot with it. Dawn is also a great soap for grease. Good luck and let us know what worked best.
Yeah the choice is yours. I would say it is preference over anything. Let me know how it works out. I'm pretty new to the forum so I'm not sure on where to post stuff like this. I'm working on figuring out the recipe for Aruba Red. It's a beer from the restaurant Bahama Breeze.
Yes definitely wait until your beer is done fermenting. Great point. I forgot to say that. I took the question as if you need to move to a secondary, not to move it now.
Not a mistake at all! Most kits recommend switching to a secondary, just depends on the style of beer when you switch. Most are one to two weeks then switch and another two weeks or more in secondary.