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as long as your using a high quality modern yeast there should be no need for specialized starter equipment, the advantage to even using a starter is considered by some marginal at best as long as your yeast is healthy. A sanitized cup full of lukewarm water or starter solution will work just as...

The worst that will happen if you use an inferior fuse will be that the heater will draw more current than the fuse can handle and it will burn-out cutting power to your heater. (as it's meant to) As long as your maximum draw is only 16 amps a 20 amp fuse should be sufficient, if it's not just...

The term "imperial" historically is a classification given to beers which have a specialized recipe that gives it the longevity to last the 1-2 years it took on a ship to reach it's destinations throughout the British Empire without going bad. (the main difference between an "imperial" and a non...

Honestly, when I make a batch I skip all the hassle and just buy $5 worth of a spring water brand I like from the supermarket. It's probably the easiest way to get a controlled taste/mineral content for the water you use in your brew. (as compared to tap water that varies by city, or messing...

Well depending on the style of beer a little fusel wont hurt too much, though if you sat down and drank 6 of them you'd probably get a headache. (it happened to me my first batch)

I suppose it would depend on the scale of the brewery. At a local microbrewery I'd reckon they'd have a lot to share, working for Anheuser-Bush on the other hand where they basically operate assembly line style I'd imagine they'd teach you the one or two steps that's your job and that's it.

See that's where I'm confused, I followed that advice and left my second batch in my primary for 2 weeks after which I bottled it, and it basically tasted like decayed yeast. It's been a month or two now and the taste has improved somewhat but its still unpleasant. Help?

Two things: the first is that pitching while it's too hot didnt hurt your beer, the reason I say this is because pitching too hot can kill the yeast you pitch causing delayed or prolonged fermentation. That your brew took off on schedule is a good thing. There is no known pathogen that can...

Actually did noob-move #2 there, in my haste i flaked and forgot to take a hydrometer reading. Kinda did the same today during my "oh crap" moment.

So I recently started brewing, my first batch was an amber all-malt kit, everything went smoothly and made great beer. So, for my second batch I decided to make a holiday beer recipe. The recipe was a fairly standard mostly malt-extract brew with some crystal malt and chocolate malt grains...