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Happy new year everybody! I got one of those Brookstone wine aerator tools as a gift and the first time I used it, I got an instant idea for a tool. If you've never seen one, the wine aerator is basicly a funnel with two holes drilled horizontally into the downspout. I just need to build a...

My last two batches, I boiled 1tsp. DME in say 3/4 cup water, let it cool to ~77F in the freezer, added my dry yeast and set aside for 2-3 hours before pitching time. First batch fermented okay, but the second had to be repitched after 48 hours of no activity. Is this yeast prep an ill-advised...

Is there any harm in using my bottling bucket as a primary so I can rack to secondary in my carboy?

Following HBT advice, I bought some sodium percarbonate powder for cleaning my gear. I recently finished my second batch, a very hoppy smelling SNPA clone. After cleaning the carboy several times with 4 or 5 tablespoons each pass, I corked it and set it on the shelf for a week. Today it smells...

I was just cleaning my new bottling bucket and discovered something really greasy, clear and odorless on the inside of the spicket. It is not washing out easily. Is this some kind of lube? I did have a container of StarSan leak in the shipment but I didn't think any got in there.

Ok, I've got a prehopped batch(my first) that the instructions said add the extract after the boil. I cheated and let it come back to boil before removing it. I cooled it to 70 deg, pitched the dry yeast, waited 24 hrs, nothing, then pitched another, which worked. My Krausen started falling...

I got a starter kit that included the ingredients of my first batch(Cooper's 1 can prehopped pilsner, 1 can light malt extract, 3/4 cup corn sugar). The instructions say dissolve the ingredients 2 liters boiling water or hot tap water, then mix with 20 liters cold. -Now, I'll boil my water for...