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Ok, once you've cleaned your bottles (in my case, Oxiclean with a good hot rinse) and bottling times comes - what / how is the best way to do the actual sanitizing? I've got some "no rinse" sanitizer. Can you just mix that up in a bucket / container with your bottles and pull them out of the...

If you were trying 2 or 3 different varieties of hops, how close can they be planted to each other and still avoid "cross pollinating" each other? Or is that even a risk?

How difficult is it to prepare a yeast "starter"? I'm confused by some of the things I've read.

Just had an IPA kit delivered (Midwest Supplies). The kit comes with a White Labs Caifornia Ale yeast. I won't be brewing until Saturday or Sunday. What should I do with the yeast in the interim (fridge, etc.) or does it matter?

I've got a plastic fermenting bucket and a glass carboy. Can I use dishwashing liquid to clean them as long as I rinse them well and sanitize before use or is there a better way? Everything I'm reading makes me wonder if I should avoid it altogether, but I don't what the alternatives are.

I will be attempting to bottle my first batch tomorrow. Is there any point in pouring from my primary into a bottling bucket through a sanitized strainer, or is it better just to siphon from the fermenter and not worry about the sediment?

My hydrometer came inside a clear plastic tube with end caps. Do I put the sample in this tube to take a reading or is it supposed to be in a different type of container?

Brewed my first batch ever Saturday Feb 6th (bought kit from Midwest Brewing Supplies). Came with an Irish Red Ale. Put into fermenter Saturday afternoon (used a dry yeast - maybe Munstons). No action until Monday and then kicked in to a decent active bubbling on Tuesday (yesterday). Power went...