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Wonderful. Thanks for the responses :) CC

I have a few noobish questions about sanitation: 1. If I want to use my glass carboy after it spent the night with some PBW (to clean previous brew), should I still sanitize it with some Starsan afterwards, or is the PBW a sanitizer itself? 2. Even though some instructions I have read...

It is an extract kit from Northern Brewer... "Scottish Wee Heavy". I think I lost half the beer from the foaming Kräusen (well not half, but I was surprised at how much lower than the original mark it has decreased) :) Still bubbling away. CC

One of the kits I worked on a few days ago called for half the malt to be boiled for 60 minutes while the other half for the last 15 minutes. Of course I did not read the instructions till after everything was done :o ; instead I boiled all of the malt for the whole 60 minutes. I am trying...

Hello all. My name is Carl and I live in Davenport, IA. I have been home brewing now for about 7 months, mainly based on kit recipes. Hope to learn a lot more and to be a positive member of the forums :) CC