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Any suggestions on "best practice" to use or do to sanitize the bottles before use? I've seen some say soak in sanitizer for 5 min and let dry others say bake them in the oven ...

I've looked through the forums (best I could while browsing on my phone that is) so I'm not sure if this had been answered or not but I have a question about temps. I have a second refrigerator that we hardly use and want to use it to to hold my main carboy during fermentation. My only problem...

So I'm only on day two of my beer sitting in my main carboy to ferment and I know temperature is a big factor, my question is this what happens if the temp fluctuates during this process? I am trying or wanting to keep it between 69-72 degrees but this morning it was up to 75/76 ... And when I...

While I wait for my first batch to ferment I figured I'd attempt to read up and learn what I can and prep for batch number 2... On the part of learning I have a question for the group... Do you use tap water or bottled or distilled or spring water ... Does it mater since you boil it? But what...

So today I started brewing my first batch, right now it's taking an ice bath to cool off before pouring into fermenter ... I thought the hardest part would be temperature control and cooking and boiling ... But that was easy I now know the hardest part is the waiting for it to be drank. ...

Found this product while watching some guy use it on YouTube and wondered if anyone here has used it or if it would be worth it to get. www.sedexbrewing.com It seems like it would work very well just looking to get other opinions on it too, thanks!

Hello all a friend of mine had lent me most all supplies for brewing 2.5gal of home brew and I am about to give it a shot. Plan to start the process in about 6 days and see how it goes? I'm in Kentucky (Louisville) and would love to know if there are any other active homebrewer (clubs or...