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Hey guys, I'm getting ready to brew my 2nd batch tomorrow (first one turned out great thanks to your advice!). I have two quick questions that I'm hoping you can help me out with. 1.) If you clean your equipment after you use it on one batch, do you need to clean it again before you use it...

So I've been collecting pry-off bottles from commercial beers that I drink... Then one of my co-workers who homebrews tells me that some bottles are actually not reusable. He said that if the bottle says "No Refill" on it that its not a pure glass bottle and will not stand up to being filled...

I just bottled my first batch last night! It smells delicious and the small sampling that I sipped tasted great. So thanks to everyone for their advice so far. After bottling I rinsed all of my equipment thoroughly and washed the trub and krausen (?) out of my fermenter with warm, soapy...

I just stopped my one hour boil and was about to move my brew pot to the sink to cool down when my wife asked me "What's this bag for?" Aaargh! I was so intent on adding my liquid malt extract that I forgot to add the pound of dried malt. I decided that the beer would need that to have the...