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I keep a spray bottle of Starsan and distilled water for spur of the moment sterilization while brewing. The following is a use for it that I never thought of before but it works: I sweat a lot and it stains my T-shirts. I wash them in Oxyclean and let them dry in full sunlight to hold the...

I was at a volunteer luncheon last Sunday and there were hamburgers and free keg beer-probably Miller Light. I had one and thought, "I used to drink this?". I sure drink better stuff of my own now. Those light Pilsners are kind of thin.

I make 500 ml starters because I brew in 2.5 gallon batches. I had a starter going last week and noticed that it was warm when I picked it up. Heat gun verified that sitting on a 67 Deg. F counter top, the starter mixture was 74 deg. That gives me second thoughts about the insulated water...

I made some ginger beer for friends and, since they like the taste sweeter, like commercial ginger soda, I added Ativa sweetener. (Yeah, I know, I could have just made no alcohol ginger beer that had to be refrigerated but these people are adult drinkers, not my grandson.) They like it but it...

Don't know if anyone else is doing this or not but I got the idea to put my hydrometer in a tube of wort and leave it in a corner of the kitchen with a piece of foil on top. It's activity mirrors what is happening in the primary and I can tell when fermentation is complete by monitoring the...

"Snap" containers at the Container Store. Largest size is 3 gallons which is just right for me. PET plastic and has a lid with a fold down handle. $9.00.

I use a Coleman 5 US Gallon water jug as a primary. Since I make 2 /12 gallons at a time, there is lot of headspace. I take a dry cleaner plastic bag, split it to form a sheet and push down in the container to about 2 inches above the level of the liquid-I do this after the very active stage...