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Did not say that beer was sterile in any way... I was saying in situations where you open yourself up to contamination... it's the one thing most people overlook. It's a matter of not introducing microbes into the beer that shouldn't be there. So thanks but my experience does count...

Not to state the obvious but.... advice from someone that's worked in sterile lab conditions growing cell lines... If you open the bucket... NO TALKING until it's closed. It sounds ridiculous but seriously... in this situation, talking and therefore spit droplets will be your most likely...

Huzzah! Apparently there IS a store in the area that has homebrew supplies. I should be able to pick up some DME tomorrow. How do I know which DME to get/use? Also, since the yeast starter gets added, how does the DME in there not throw off your readings? Am I right in assuming that...

My second brewkit comes tomorrow (Midwest's Autumn Amber Ale) and I'll be using a vial of White Labs California Ale Yeast. While White Labs says that I can just pitch directly from the vial, I know that it's usually better to make a starter. I only have the LME that's coming in the kit and...

I figured as much... I was hoping for a simple answer but by now I suppose I should know better. More on topic, given my abnormally high FG, am I correct that this was likely caused by inadequate aerating and/or poor yeast pitching. I'm pretty sure I didn't aerate enough and I wasn't...

Thanks everyone... The beer has been sitting at a pretty steady 68 degrees and I have been adjusting my measurements for temp. I'll definitely stop stirring (hopefully I didn't oxidize things too much already). Last question I have for now is... when transferring to the carboy secondary, how...

So it's my first brew and I'm still learning... I'm attempting this Night Cap Cherry Stout kit from Midwest Brewing. All of this was a Christmas present so unfortunately I'm using the Munton's dry yeast that came with it. So here's the deal... My OG was 1.042 (kit said OG should be...