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    Don't wait until secondary to add fruit puree.

    I don't even know what that means... np;dr... Not paying attention; didn't read... I am sharing this information because if you do fruit beers this is a much better way of doing things. The whole reason that you don't add the fruit when the primary is going full steam is because some of the...
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    Great book for beginning brewers.

    Both good books. I don't really find the information to be out of date since it is basic and good information and that never goes out of date. Also it can be found for only a few bucks on Ebay.
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    Only StarSan for cleaning?

    I use Oxi-Clean when I clean my carboy. Then I use a one Tbsp of bleach per gallon water mix to sterilize the carboy. Let it sit for at least 30 minutes or longer and rinse well. Store carboy upside down on a carboy dryer.
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    Great book for beginning brewers.

    Brewing Quality Beers by Byron Burch. I have been brewing for 30 years or so now so I am no beginner but I started with this book and I still reference it from time to time. Especially good for a simple system on calculating IBU's.
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    Don't wait until secondary to add fruit puree.

    I used to do that. I would put it into secondary and then add a blowoff tube. Now I simply wait until primary crashes and then add it to the carboy. It will become active for a couple of days and then settle back down. At that point it can go into secondary and you don't have all of that...
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    natural carbonation in a keg...

    I recently went to only natural carbonation of kegs and I am not looking back at all. Super easy to do. I boil up 5/8 cup of dry light malt extract with about a cup of water and that goes into the keg before the beer. Wait a week and a half to two weeks and you are good to go. The first couple...
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