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i've got a little one step left over that i don't really have any use for. i was thinking of throwing it in the dishwasher with my bottles to sanitize them. would this work do you think? not sure if this is a dumb question but i don't want to put anything in my dishwasher to mess it up. i...

I just swung by my LHBS and wanted to pick up a few things, one of which was star san. of course they were sold out, and had a huge truck out front unloading supplies, buried in which was the starsan i wanted. the guy at the shop said "just use onestep" anyone who reads up on this stuff at...

Question: I used dry ale yeast on my last batch. I rehydrated it at the very beginning of my brew by mixing the yeast in with a cup of boiled water that had cooled. It just sat covered with foil for an hour, and when I went to pitch it in the wort, i noticed there was a cake of yeast on the...

I was reading Papazian's Joy of Homebrewing and in several sections he references "closed fermentation" and "open fermentation." One brief and rather crpytic section is called "Open versus Closed Fermentation." What, exactly and in one sentence, is "closed fermentation." Likewise, in one...

Hi- I brewed my second batch of beer I've ever made last night. I made an American Wheat beer about a year and ahalf ago from a kit and it turned out fine. This time, I went for a regular Pale Ale. I also didn't use a kit but got a recipe and got my own ingredients. It was more...

Hi, I'd like to take my second shot at brewing. I successfully brewed my first homebrew about a year and a half ago. I'd like to try again. It's not September 10 and I'm in Massachusetts, about 30 miles west of Boston. I do not have central A/C. I'd like to brew a pale ale, and I...

thanks to revvy and some other experts my first batch is turning out great so far. i bottled yesterday after 2 weeks fermenting (though my kit directions said 1 week, i took the advice in here and left it in another week). tasted better and better as i've sampled throughout the fermentation...

Opinions on this one stout lovers? I just picked one up after it was recommended to me. Anyone who doesn't like stouts, be warned, this is not a brew for you. One of, if not the thickest, beers I have ever had. Described as dark as a moonless night- an apt simile. Barely detectable...

Hey guys- My first batch has been fermenting for 4 days and it appears to have slowed way down. I am counting up to a minute with no bubbles. I've been watching it like it's my baby...right next to my bed in case it wakes up in the middle of the night. The bubbles were fast and furious at...

Is it an absolute no no to use scented chlorine bleach, or is it just not preferred, as a method of sanitizing equipment. i have some bleach whith chloramine in it and it is scented. i was just wondering if this is ok to sanitize my turkey baster and hydrometer equipment for a sample i want to...

i am on my first batch ever. i want to take a hydrometer reading/readings to get an idea of when to end the primary fermentation process. i do not have a spigot on my primary fermenter (will in the future to avoid this problem perhaps). the only way to get a sample is to remove the...

first of all, brewing is a new hobby of mine and let me say, it is pretty awesome. so i started the fermentation process for my first batch of beer two days ago. i am working on the True Brew American Wheat brew, fyi. based on what i've read, i think i'm doing a good job so far. i'm not...