I use a coil, and I have to assume that putting into the boiling wort will sanitize it. When I started using it, the heat caused water in the tube to boil and burp out. I have since learned to drain the coil well after use. Then I give it a good rinse and it's clean for next time. I use a pump...

It's been a long time, but I think that I released almost all of the pressure, then held the bottle and tap just about the height of the keg. ... Too slow typing. ^^^ What Craigerrr said.

Actually, I found it today. I was getting a sander and discs and the Star San was with the sandpaper. Wuh?!

If it helps, I am planning two ounces of 3.3 fuggles for the dark ale.

Okay, I have two in the primaries and have started prep for my next brew. I am still a beginner, and I am just brewing for the sake of brewing. Maybe some day I will try for styles, but for now, something is better than nothing. So I am out of beer now. Even store-bought swill. Emergency...

Well, I had a spare. "Two is one and one is none." I am still looking for the one I used on Thursday to sanitize my starter flasks. For what it's worth, I originally started with bleach (yuck!) in the 80's and later went to iodophor. Then I discovered Star-San and it was like entering...

Hi again! I have been dormant for three years (!) and it seems a re-introduction would be in order. I have been brewing since the 80's, off and on again, mostly off. Every few years, I would get the bug and do a dozen or so. And then... Oh, well. So I have been a beginner for quite some time...

I use two, one for primary to secondary, the other for secondary to keg. I just used the latter today. I noted that the beer going in was "smooth", but coming out, it had tiny carbonation bubbles. Oh, well, a 57 day old beer should be finished. Anyway, I run Star-san through the racking tube...

Some years ago, I tried growing hops in buckets. They grew, but did not grow back the next year. This time, they are going in the ground! I picked cascade because they are supposed to be forgiving.

After cleaning and sanitizing bottles, and going to kegging, I swore I would never go back. But was it really that much effort? Maybe nostalgia is picking at me a bit now, but it was easy to share bottles with friends. And it was easy to have many examples of my batches ready to go. And bottles...

You probably want to sanitize the outer part of the valve. If you attach your tube to the valve, turn the valve upside down, and fill the tube with sanitizer, this should be easy. When I used bottles, I used a bottling cane, a tube like a racking cane with a spring valve at the bottom. I just...

Uh, yeah. Thanks for reminding me... Need to clean the brew pot.

Okay, I am going back some decades in time. One of my first brews was a try at an English Ale. I used amber malt extract and fuggles. I really liked it.

Looking at my notes, I turn down the heat just after the hot break (from HI to 7), then add my boil hops and start my 60 minutes. I did not turn up the heat when inserting the chiller and adding the boiling water. Since the chiller is dry at this time, I would not expect a lot of thermal mass in...

Yes, I think the boil over is what is happening. So anytime anything changes, I have to be alert for this.