{"id":729,"date":"2020-09-30T20:20:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T01:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitterreality.com\/wp\/?p=729"},"modified":"2020-09-30T20:20:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T01:20:19","slug":"10-home-brewing-tips-recommendations-and-hacks-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitterreality.com\/wp\/2020\/09\/30\/10-home-brewing-tips-recommendations-and-hacks-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Home Brewing Tips, Recommendations, and Hacks &#8211; Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iILio-47cQI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>10 Home Brewing Tips, Recommendations, and Hacks &#8211; Week 1<\/p>\n<p>I was working to share knowledge I&#8217;ve learned over the years and to inform on things every home brewer should be aware of from Beginners to Advanced and I quickly went from a top 10 to over 100 tips, recommendations, tricks, hacks, suggestions and realized that many home brewers know some of these but not all of these.<\/p>\n<p>I will work to share 10 different home brewing tips every week for the next 10+ weeks.<\/p>\n<p>1. Keep It Clean \u2013 PBW and Star san<br \/>2. PBW Safety<br \/>3. Star San Safety<br \/>4. Star San Dangerous for Pets<br \/>5. Cleaning Bottles<br \/>6. Never use Bleach<br \/>7. Star San spray bottles<br \/>8. Keg Cleaning<br \/>9. Keg Cleaning \u2013 Check your keg<br \/>10. Clean Disconnects (special brushes)<\/p>\n<p>These tips will range from cleaning as this one was focused on to equipment recommendations to procedures\/tricks\/hacks\/tips using during home brewing.<\/p>\n<p>Items or Equipment used\/suggested in this video:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/33YmF6S\">The Multi-brush set<\/a> I use for too many things to list\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3mZ99sa\">24 oz professional grade spray bottles<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j3aY5b\">Dip tube brushes<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j6LN1y\">Oxyclean<\/a> (The link below for Amazon is usually cheaper than local stores.) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3i3kiVf\">Starsan \/ Star San<\/a> (Its actually two works so it helps sometimes in searches)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/30fCMfo\">PBW<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3j8OcZK\">Bottle Brush<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2S2L1a3\">SOS Pads<\/a><br \/><a 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