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I'm not sure if this question has already been addressed on this form, but I haven't been able to find a clear answer. If alpha acids effect bitterness and the oils effect aroma, how does the flavor factor? Wouldn't the optimum be to extract both the oils and acids? couldn't you extract all the...

I am brewing my second batch and I think I made a big mistake. I went through the whole process fine, but when I was pouring my yeast into the fermenter, the bag fell out of my hand and into the fermenter (I was using dry yeast). I grabbed it out real quick, but do you think my beer is...

I was reading some posts about using bleach as a sanitizer and I have a question. Since you can’t use bleach for a stainless steel spoon, would leaving it in the pot while the wart boils be enough to sanitize it?

I have a really dumb question. I am new to home brewing (I have brewed one batch) and was reading in Palmer's book on home brewing that you can get more utilization out of your hops if you only add half of you malt while boiling your hops. My question is why can't you boil the hops in water to...