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Thank you so much, All! Very helpful!

Stupid question but, do you need to boil the hops to sanitize them? I know you should boil the bags, but I am nervous to just "drop" the hop pellets in there.

Hey all, I just started brewing real simple stuff, but am in love with brewing! I hope to graduate to all grain and mash soon, but have a TON of stupid questions between now and then. I have been successful so far. I have 4 beers fermenting, totaling 20 gallons, and am about to bottle my...

Sorry, the cleaner is called PBW. Any know issues with contamination or weird flavoring with beer? Thanks,

Thank you for the fast reply! I am at work right now, but I really don't think it was a Chlorine based cleaner. If my memory serves me, it was TWC or something like that. I know its eco- friendly. Thanks again!

I also have a question about a possible botched batch. I recently second fermented an Oatmeal brew, and during the time when I was plugging the bung into the top of the plastic carboy, I seemed to press down on the bung too hard and it sucked half of the airlock cleaning solution into the...