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Ok, last question before I bottle. In my carboy I have a couple little pieces floating at the top (Probably the roasted barley or crystal malt). I was thinking of putting a kitchen strainer above my filling pail as I siphon it. The holes are reasonably large so I don't think it'll stop the...

Just soaked with oxyclean and it worked really well. Thanks for all the tips, this method is even simpler.

Thanks for the quick replies, My dishwasher has a sani-rinse option. So my plan now is to soak the bottom of the bottles in oxyclean/dishsoap/sanitizer solution for a couple hours. Then pop them in the dishwasher and run a heavy duty cycle with dishwasher soap (the powder), and then finally run...

I am about to start bottling and I currently have a stockpile of used bottles that I need to clean, sanitize, rinse and dry. I am thinking of putting the bottles into the dishwasher and then adding dish soap and sanitizer into the cleaner compartment and running a heavy duty wash cycle. Is...

Awesome. Bottling it now. Thanks for the replies.

For my first brew I am doing a red ale. I just transferred the beer from the secondary fermentor into the primary with the sugar and it is ready to bottle. Due to time constraints I had to leave the beer in the secondary for about 2 weeks longer than I wanted to. I just tasted the beer and it...

Thanks for all replies. Made a list of the beers listed and will head to the beer store and see what they have. I don't think they will have most of them and I know the prices will be way more than you guys listed (beer prices are brutal up north). CanQuaffer - Didn't know Defalcos sold those...

Thanks for the replies. Really helpful.

I currently have a red ale fermenting and am getting very close to needing to bottle. I went to the beer store yesterday and didn't really know what to buy. I ended buying a 4 pack of grolsh and over-payed way more than I wanted to. Looking to start drinking this weekend to stack up...

I checked the sticky and could only find American stores. I was looking to avoid the customs and speed up shipping time if there were any good online stores in Canada. I am in Ottawa Ontario. Looking to buy brewing ingredients for as cheap as possible and possibly in bulk. Does anyone...

I received a homemade brew kit as a gift from a friend who designed and patented it. The kit contains an oxygen pump the pumps oxygen into the brew while fermenting in the pail. From all my research on brewing techniques I have not seen one reference to doing this. Is this done by any other...

Awesome, thanks for the link mac, Gonna go with the sprinkle method for this batch.

Hello everyone, First post here, making my first batch: A Canadian Red Ale extract /w dry yeast package. I am trying to make the best beer possible and am willing to do the extra steps to do so. I have been reading numerous instructions on the best ways to brew and one thing that I am not...