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My mini-fridge was left open overnight, and my smackpack was in the door. It was room temp for 8-12 hours. It's cooling down again, but will this have any long term effect? I'm going to make a starter on Thursday, will it be obvious if anything went bad? Thanks! Tim

Brewing in an apartment, my kitchen sink is the only water source available. Every time I want to use my bottle cleaner or immersion chiller, I pull out the pipe wrench to change out the aerator, and I'm worried doing this every week will take its toll on the sink. What do other non-slop sink...

I bought some Munton's Carb Tabs to carbonate one bottle in order to experiment with spicing levels in a Pumpkin Ale. The tabs worked great! Fully carbed in 3 days. It's a little more expensive, but with better control over carb levels, I'm considering using them for a full batch. My...

My beer is done fermenting, but it's pretty murky. I don't have a refrigerator available, but my carboy is in a circular tub about 3' tall. Can I just throw 20 pounds of ice in there? My concern is that it will cool down and then the temperature will rise again until I bottle next weekend...

I bought 2 cans of Oregon peach puree for a wheat beer, and I only ended up needing to use 1. Is the shelf life on cans of puree the same as any other canned good? It should be fine in a drawer (indoors, 70F) until next summer, right? Or should I plan to use it sooner? Thanks!

I’m going to be brewing a (pumpkin) spice ale for the fall and could use some advice with spicing. I’m going to steep the spices in vodka, so two things: 1. I bought fresh whole spices (allspice, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg); do I want to crush them first (mortar and pestle)? 2. Is there a...

I bottled some weizenbock last week, and found out two bottles bombed sometime this week (my first bombs after many batches, so proud). So, should I expect the rest to blow? The other bottles I've sampled taste good, should I not enter them into a competition as planned? (Don't wanna hurt any...

I bottled a week ago, and I was thinking of testing a bottle to see where it's at. If I open a swing-top, pour out a swallow (into a glass, not a mouth :) ), and reclose it, will it still carbonate correctly? I know it's not done, and I don't want to waste a bottle if it means it won't finish...

For Christmas, I asked only for brewing gift certs so I could buy a new 8 gallon pot. But, sometime while we were turkey frying, I must have mentioned people brewing using a turkey fryer to my Dad, because I received a turkey fryer for Christmas (in addition to the gift certs). As an apartment...