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While cleaning up around the house today, I came across a note pad that had a bunch of my scribbles on that I did not recognize so I took a look and after that I thought it would be a good idea to share a bunch of the questions that I had as a new brewer trying to figure out how to turn these bags of grains and hops that Wifey and the kid gave me for Christmas into beer.
I figure this must be just about 4 years old and they were most likely questions I asked the guy on the customer service line at one of the kit sellers....so with a little embarrassment and solid answers to all of them; here you go new guys! I hope you find these useful, maybe funny and know that you are in good company with these questions. I I have seen many of these same quandaries on this and other forums!
How long do I have with these ingredients before they are not going to make good beer?
What's the better way to oxygenate before adding yeast? injection from a cylinder or stir the heck out of it?
Can sanitizer be used in the dishwasher?
Can twist off bottles be reused?
What's the best hose to use? PVC or Silicon?
What's the post boil volume supposed to be?
Is 8.325 gallons supposed to be the pre-boil volume? ( this must of been the total of all the water being put into this recipe before I understood grain absorption or that 1 quart per pound of grain is really just a suggestion )
Should I "splash" the chilled wort into the fermentation bucket to oxygenate it before adding the yeast? ( I think my idea here was to trickle enough wort from the cooled kettle into the bucket so the stream would take enough air with it into the bucket to consider it oxygenated )
Can I put Star San into the dish washer?
Is soft water OK to use? ( Very funny this one was in here since I bought this up last week )
I figure this must be just about 4 years old and they were most likely questions I asked the guy on the customer service line at one of the kit sellers....so with a little embarrassment and solid answers to all of them; here you go new guys! I hope you find these useful, maybe funny and know that you are in good company with these questions. I I have seen many of these same quandaries on this and other forums!
How long do I have with these ingredients before they are not going to make good beer?
What's the better way to oxygenate before adding yeast? injection from a cylinder or stir the heck out of it?
Can sanitizer be used in the dishwasher?
Can twist off bottles be reused?
What's the best hose to use? PVC or Silicon?
What's the post boil volume supposed to be?
Is 8.325 gallons supposed to be the pre-boil volume? ( this must of been the total of all the water being put into this recipe before I understood grain absorption or that 1 quart per pound of grain is really just a suggestion )
Should I "splash" the chilled wort into the fermentation bucket to oxygenate it before adding the yeast? ( I think my idea here was to trickle enough wort from the cooled kettle into the bucket so the stream would take enough air with it into the bucket to consider it oxygenated )
Can I put Star San into the dish washer?
Is soft water OK to use? ( Very funny this one was in here since I bought this up last week )