- Clean and sanitize, then clean some more. Use a mild bleach solution, a home brewing sanitizer, or a steam cleaner to ensure all beer-spoiling microorganisms are dead.
- Watch the boil. A boil-over is a pain to clean. Pay attention; it will save you the 40 plus minutes takes to clean sticky-burned sugar from your stove and floors.
- Add your exotic and experimental ingredients with care, as a little goes a long way. If you are anxious to make your first ginger-spiced IPA, add only a very small amount, taste and repeat. Be patient; over spicing your brew ruins the whole batch.
- Avoid drinking too much while brewing. Many careless brewing mishaps occur while the so-called master brewer is too sloshed to properly complete the recipe.
- Remain patient. If your recipe says the beer peaks after three weeks of storage, wait three weeks to drink the beer. Nothing is more disappointing than drinking the last beer and realizing how good it just became.
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