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I bought a Brewers Best kit that I received sometime during the first week of February, but didn't get around to brewing it until this past Wednesday. I had refrigerated the yeast, but nothing else. Should I be worried about the LME or hops having gone bad without refrigeration? Can it be...

Hi everybody, I know this has often been dealt with in the FAQ section and other places, but I wanted to ask specific to the type of beer I have fermenting right now. I'm on my third batch. The first two I transferred to secondary after about a week and then left them in the secondary for...

I'm relatively new to homebrewing. I just finished my second batch (a stout) and reused some old bottles for it. I used the high heat in the dishwasher with no soap to sanitize them and thought they were clean. But I was just looking at some extras that I cleaned that I didn't have enough...