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Hello, I took my brewpot off the shelf today and it appears that it has a lot of rust. I have a few questions, Is there any way to salvage this thing? Can I still brew with it? How can I prevent this in the future? I usually clean my pot with chlorox. Could this be the problem? Thanks!

I added wood chips and hops to an IPA in secondary about 5 days ago. Now there are chunks floating in it and a creamy looking substance covering the top. I don't think the chunks are pieces of the wood, but I guess it's possible. Anyways, is it infected or does this happen when you add the...

So I have an IPA that has spent 3.5 weeks in primary. I transferred it to secondary yesterday. As I was taking the carboy cap off to take a smell, one of the small caps that cover the holes in the cap fell off and into my secondary fermenter. What should I do? Bottle it immediately before I...

So I want to brew a pumpkin ale and let it age from now until early October. Seeing as this will be a fairly long aging period (relative to what I normally do), I would like some advice on what the best course of aging would be. Would it be best to age it in the secondary vessel for most of...

I know this is a matter of personal preference, but I would still like some input from the combined wisdom of HBT. As you guys initially began brewing, did just kind of make one of every different type of beer to try new things, or did you try and perfect a few simple recipes? I'm just getting...

I have read that it is necessary to aerate your wort. However, from what I understand about the biochemical pathways of yeast, they need to perform anaerobic glycolysis to create ethanol and CO2. What is the explanation for this? I'm not looking for an answer that flies in the face of...