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Do I desanitize things when I run tap water over them? Like if I want to clean the excess cleanser from my autosiphon can I rinse with unboiled water? Or does tap water leave things sanitary after it dries? What do you guys do? Thanks in advance!

My 22oz bottles full of Hefe were filled Wednesday night. As of this (Friday afternoon) moment they have a small layer of yeast in them approximately two quarters high. That seems awfully fast, does this mean I should expect explosions in my near future?

Okay, so yesterday I put my bottles that had been soaking in Ammonia water (for label removing purposes) into the Dishwasher (with no soap of course) for extra sanitization and Ammonia funk removal. They are still a little wet on the inside, and I am without a drying tree. Suddenly it came to...

Great name. (His name is my name too...) Glad to see you're looking into two stage. Although I am new and newbish, I do have a strange piece of advice: when you get your glass carboy, cover it. Many of us forget that beer is vulnerably to light even while fermenting.I just did and am kicking...

Well I hope you're all right! :confused:

Crap. I just realized my clear glass secondary needs to be kept out of the light. I bottle tomorrow. It's been getting flourescent light from the room it's in, and some indirect daylight through the curtains. Should I pitch the batch? Thanks again for answering question 1,273,005 of my...

I made a noob mistake, I transferred to secondary before the Krausen was done Krausening. That is, prematurely. I have no idea what this means, and I can not find the answer in any book. My inaugural batch sits in the "Secondary" fermenter. A brown layer of Krausen sits upon it. I don't know...

6.5 gallon Carboy, and I was just telling my wife how cheap this hobby is. That's a good idea though. I do like to see what's going on in there, and I do believe I already have Krausen in the secondary, and it's bubbling like mad. Strange. (My last hobby: Guitar playing, which is cheap. But I...

Ah, so next time I see the stuff, I should think: Rack later. I did pour the leftovers from the racking into the pint glass. Although if you read the above post carefully, I did not actually drink it. Thanks again DeRoux, this is like the millionth time you've given me useful info. :)

Some strange things observed when transferring to the secondary: What is that brown stuff??? This is what was left over after I was done brewing. It tasted awful, and the stuff at the bottom was crunchy! And this is the end result. Looks a little dark for a Hefe, but...

I've heard that Weizens take longer to "mature". Does this mean I should leave it in the secondary for longer? The bottles? I am planning on racking to secondary tomorrow, that will be six days in the primary. How long should I leave it in the secondary before I bottle it? Thanks for...

How about some pictures????

Thanks Sam, I appreciate your care towards my fragile emotional state :) In all seriousness, I need to be told when I am doing something stupid. Ask my wife.

Congrats on the first batch Patrick, I was in your shoes a few days back, I had the same problem. No bubbles: wth? It turned out I just had too little fluid in my airlock. If it's the three piece type make sure you've got enough to cover the holes at the bottom of the floating part, and that the...

Do these exist? Do most HBers just use the standard blanks? I thought this would be a great way to mark my beers without labelling them, as I just discovered removing labels sucks.