Brand new to brewing

[Minbari]

Welcome Chris! As you can see there are many opinions on any topic. Remember, even if our opinions seem valid and may even be correct, it's still your beer! Obviously safety issues shouldn't be ignored without good reason but, everything else can be. Just make sure you're having fun. Denny Conn (homebrew guru) once said, something to the effect of "If you aren't enjoying homebrewing, you are doing it wrong."

Well said

 

[Brewdomestix]

Welcome aboard. Congratz on getting your first homebrew kit bottled up.

 

[Zefram]

Welcome, Chris!

Regarding the bottle caps, I've always heard not to sanitize the oxygen barrier ones because getting them wet nullifies the barrier effect. I used to just sanitize plain ones with the bottles and never had an issue. Not sure which ones you have though.