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Shake right before or right after picthing?

will a carboy work as a bottling bucket?

Thanks! I guess I shouldn't worry too much about touching the gear after sanitation? i.e. swinging the hose around to air it out, or maybe just don't touch the end that goes into the carboy? I know its sounds like simple stuff to you probably but I just don't want to contaminate my brew. Do...

to start, I just can't find an easy way to sanitize my equipment. I just used Saniclean for the first time and I know that its a "no rinse" sanitizer but does that apply to everything I'm using, i.e. racking hose, bottle caps etc., or just to the carboy and bottles? I'm a little weary of not...

Oh ya, I forgot to mention... this batch was a volatile one. It exploded and I lost apprx. 3 gallons of my brew when this happened. This left me with 2 to 2.5 gallons and a low liquid level.

My brew is in its primary fermenter. I think it may be time to bottle but the trub at the bottom of my carboy prevents me from getting a cleat sample with my wine thief. Will this cloudy settiment change my hydrometer reading and do I need to find a way to obtain a clearer sample? And if so how?

thank you so much

My brew kit instructions read... "Allow the beer to settle for 3-4 days after fermentation ceases (no more bubbles in the airlock). Generally, you'll be ready to bottle a week after beginning fermentation" It has been over a week for me, and the airlock is bubbling ever so slightly. I...

Thanks everybody for the tips and advise. I'll try again and make the necessary adjustments, Cheers!

Doesn't using the larger container increase your surface area exposed to harmful oxygen? If I were to use a plastic container, would I still want a 6-7 gal. fermenter for a 5 gal. batch? I can hardly believe it built up that much pressure! I mean, I can understand the lock getting pushed off...

I'm new to brewing, just tried my second 5 gallon batch and about 8 hours after pitching my yeast and securing the airlock, the 5 gallon glass carboy it was in blew the lock off the top and a geyser of my brew literally spouted out leaving only about two gallons of liquid in the container. What...