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Hey there, Just curious as a fellow rookie if I'm asking the right questions here so bear with me... 1. When you say you oversanitized - what do you mean? Why was the beer ruined? 2. Have you considered switching to Star San? I threw the povidone iodine in my setup in the trash on day one...

Having no experience with universal stoppers, I googled this after reading your reply, but I don't really see how it's much different than a regular drilled rubber stopper? Photos seemed to show it crammed down into the neck of the carboy just like a solid rubber one with a hole drilled for the...

Sorry to bump this thread a few weeks in, but I have a couple of questions around using these vs. rubber stoppers as well. 1. Has anyone else ever experienced a 'rubber' smell to their beer when removing the rubber stopper when time to bottle? I recently bottled a failed cherry cider...

Thanks again you guys. I've got 5oz of priming sugar I'm going to add into a little boiling water to dissolve, then cool and add to the bottom of my newly purchased bottling bucket - it was less than $15 at my home brew shop ready to go. I also got a short piece of tubing to go with my bottling...

Ok - thanks guys for this info. I plan to use a priming sugar solution which I'll add to my bottling bucket, homemade or purchased, to carbonate. I don't disagree at all about transferring to a different bucket prior to bottling at all. I almost have no choice due to the amount of yeast settling...

Hi All, I'm new to the forum and to home brewing, but so far I'm having a blast with it. I got a deluxe kit from my local home brew supply shop in Houston, TX and was off and running with my very first brew - my favorite - an IPA! So, I've made it past the primary fermentation and it's...