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Just out of interest, what would be the best way to cut a large round hole in the top end of a cylindrical stainless steel container with a capacity of 50 litres?

When I got my set of equipment to get started on kit brewing, there was a tube thingy with a spring-loaded valve included. It fits under the fermenter tap and is for filling bottles without aeration. The first time I used it I was frustrated by how slowly the beer filled the bottles, so I...

This weekend I tried some beer I'd saved from a couple of brews I did 6 or 7 months ago. The beer has gone flat and I think it may look a bit darker than it used to be. When I originally drank the beer (2 months after bottling) it had the right amount of fizz. Could it be that the caps were...

I've heard that normal white supermarket suger shouldn't be used for the main fermentation. Is it OK to use it for priming the bottles for secondary fermentation? Will it have a noticable effect on the taste?

Why does all the advice say to stir the wort lots to get plenty of oxygen in it? Yeast ferments in an anaerobic process, which means it does it without oxygen. Isn't this a contradiction?

When I'm making beer from a kit can, should I stir the yeast in, or leave it floating on the surface?