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I recently brewed a Christmas spiced beer. I started with an OG of 1.070 and used a yeast starter of Wyeast 1275. I refrigerated the yeast starter for 24 hours and decanted most of the spent wort. I let it warm up for a couple hours before pitching. I stored the carboy in my 66 degree...

I was in a rush to get out of the door this morning, and wanted to activate my yeast to make a starter tonight. I grabbed the pack out of the fridge and then smacked it...not thinking that it's still cold. It's sitting on the counter now, warming up. Should I be worried?

So I have a 1000ml start in a 2000ml flask of Wyeast 1214. When I just agitated it by swirling, it foamed up and blew the foam stopper off the top. Should I be too worried about contamination from the blowoff falling back into the flask after coming in contact with the foam stopper (that was...

I'm about to try an aquarium pump/diffusion stone this weekend to aerate my wort. I know I should probably let it aerate for 30 minutes, but during that time should I be worried about contamination with the carboy mouth being left open? I'd imagine that it's probably not good to use a rubber...