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I bottled my Belgian Wit on Wednesday night, I always bottle a couple in the plastic Coopers PET bottles to squeeze them to test when they're ready. Well it's only Saturday and the PET bottles (which have been sitting at a coolish room temperature) are already very firm to squeeze, can't see any...

I read somewhere that you can use bleach and vinegar together in small enough amounts that you don't need to rinse. However it didn't say in what amounts. Has anyone tried this or know what the correct dilution level would be. I normally use Brewshield from my LHBS but it's expensive and goes...

I've just finished a batch of lager with W34/70 yeast. I want to start a new brew in a couple of days so I just sterilised a drinking glass, scooped up a large amount of sludge from the bottom and sealed it up with some cling wrap. Is this ok to refrigerate for a couple of days and then just...

Just had an idea of sanitising bottles with a pressure steamer instead of immersing in water with sanitiser. Saw this on ebay... http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-High-Pressu...=item2a1222ac02 I figured that the steam would be boiling hot so you could just shoot some steam in each bottle with the...

I'm a regular reader of these forums but this is my first post. I couldn't seem to find an answer after doing a search but I was wondering if anyone knows how long hops will stay reasonably good for after freezing. I'm not concerned about the drop in alpha acids or anything, just any effects it...