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So is it better to aerate and then pitch or pitch and then aerate?

OK so if I'm going to be pouring my partial boil into a primary that has cool water in it, then I really do not have to get my wort to 80 degrees prior to pouring it in, right? So if I got my wort to like say 150 or so then pour it into cold water in the primary then as long as the end result...

OK, I currently have a batch in the primary and a batch in the secondary but I still have a question on why cool the wort to 80 or so degrees as fast as possible when you are going to be pouring the wort into the primary which has cool water in it? Won't the cool water cool things down? Do I...

Yeah that's kind of what we did. We brought our water up to 150 degrees the poured our grains in letting them steep for 35 min. We then poured our grains/water through a strainer with cheesecloth as an added liner. We then had to pour 2.5 gallons of water through the strainer. Everything seemed...

I know this may sound stupid to some of you more experienced brewers but do you HAVE to have a grain bag for steeping your grains? I'm sure it may depend on the recipe but do you always have to have one? We made our first brew the other day (Nut Brown Ale) and we used a strainer w/ cheese...

Sounds like you had the same issue we had. Well we ended up putting the lid on and got the darn thing to boil. We at least had 30 min of good boil then followed the recipe, strained and moved wort to primary. When the temp was good we pitched our yeast. Right now I have my primary downstairs...

I know this sounds stupid but I have an electric stove. 2 gallons of wort in a 5 gallon pot and I am unable to get the frecking thing to boil. I get a slow rolling in the water but no real boil. Am I screwed with this batch (my first) or is there something I can do?? Will putting the lid...

These 'seem' to be a pretty good cap. They have a plastic 'wedge' that is inside the cap so when you screw it on it should seal pretty well. But what zoebisch01 said makes since. Maybe we'll do a few growlers and the rest regular bottles. That way if the growlers/caps don't work out we're not...

I'm sorry if this sounds like a stupid question. But... My wife and I are getting ready to get into brewing our own beer. We have not started yet (our kit and stuff has been ordered) and we are in the process of getting bottles together for when we are ready to bottle our first brew. Now my...