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So I brewed a blonde ale kit that I had been waiting on during the northeast snow storm yesterday. This was only my fourth home brew experience and I felt great about all my sanitation and procedure. I pitched my yeast about half an hour before and aerated my wort nicely. Then about six...

So I making a batch as i write this and just realized I stirred my yeast (rehydrating) with a spoon I just dipped in a starsan solution. Being its no rinse I didn't and just put it in. Did I just kill my yeast?

So I just racked to secondary a few hours ago. This was my first home brew so I was kinda nervous about it. I had a pretty good fermentation going for about two-three days. Today (7th day in primary) I decide it was time to rack to secondary, more because I was antsy than anything. My...

So i did my first batch of beer last night. Think it turned out okay. I rehydrated the yeast about an hour before and cooled my wort as quickly as possible. I poured it into my primary fermenter, added the yeast, and closed. I then shook it up for maybe 10 seconds. After reading a bit...

Noob question but bare with me. Everything I read from "How to Brew" on down talks about the importance of sterlization and proper sanitization when dealing with home brewing. I completely understand this. Whats frustrating is that there isn't really talk of how to practically do this. I...

So basically everybody universally says that John Palmers book "How to Brew" is really tremendous. I was ready to invest in a copy when I noticed that he gives away Edition 1 for free on his site, while Edition 3 is $13 at Amazon. After just spending so much on this kit I was hoping to pare...