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**Austinhomebrew** · 06-06-2012, 03:21 PM

2 Stage Father's Day Brewing Equipment Kit with Recipe and $10 Coupon for only $99!

Make Your Own Damn Beer®! Well, you've kicked around the idea for long enough. Just brew it already! This 2 stage brewing equipment kit is the perfect Father's Day gift. "2 stage" equipment kits use a secondary fermentation vessel called a carboy. The carboy is used to clarify and condition the beer for a week after primary fermentation before bottling the beer. This kit comes with a PET plastic carboy for secondary fermentation.

This kit includes:

Your choice of 1 of 3 recipe recipe kits (includes yeast)
$10 coupon code towards a second batch
7.9 gallon plastic primary fermenter with a lid and stopper
5 gallon PET plastic carboy secondary fermenter
Medium universal stopper
3-piece airlocks
6 feet of siphon hose (3/8" thin wall)
Auto-Siphon (3/8")
Bottle Filler (3/8")
Red Baron bottle capper
Bottle caps
Cleaner/Sanitizer
An Illustrated Guide to Homebrewing
Toll-free technical support

This kit has a value of $149.99. Click here for more details.

Dads, demand Austin Homebrew Supply for Father's Day. You deserve it!

Rbeckett · 06-06-2012, 04:43 PM

That is a great deal. I sure wish I had seen a deal like this when I started out. I bought mine like Johnny Cash (One piece at a time) and ended up spending way too much on the basics. Once I found you guys, I have managed to do it on a disabled persons budget and get what I need in a quick and timely manner. Two thumbs up from the gallery!!!!
Wheelchair Bob

cincybrewer · 06-06-2012, 06:49 PM

That does look like a good deal, however, unless I am just missing it there doesn't appear to be a bottling bucket included? Why is that? The kit has just about everything needed to brew a beer and even has a bottle capper and filler but no bucket.

natefrog255 · 06-06-2012, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by cincybrewer

That does look like a good deal, however, unless I am just missing it there doesn't appear to be a bottling bucket included? Why is that? The kit has just about everything needed to brew a beer and even has a bottle capper and filler but no bucket.

I'm guessing you siphon secondary back to your cleaned primary and then siphon from primary to bottles/keg. It works and eliminates a bucket.

This is a good deal but how are the PET secondary fermenters? I want to get one but was going to go glass. Any pros or cons?

**Austinhomebrew** · 06-06-2012, 08:55 PM

In this case, the primary fermenter doubles as a primary and bottling bucket. You'll transfer from primary to secondary, clean your primary, and when you're ready to bottle, transfer back to your primary for bottling.

PET carboy works quite well as a secondary fermenter. It's lighter than glass, BPA free, durable, and won't transfer flavors.

Rbeckett · 06-07-2012, 01:36 AM

And best of all it won't break if you accidently hit it with something. No dangerous glass shards in a river of beer is a great thing...
Wheelchair Bob

**mikeysab** · 06-07-2012, 01:42 AM

Yeah, living is rad.

cincybrewer · 06-07-2012, 03:43 PM

Interesting, I've never heard of bottling from a primary. So you have to attach the bottling want to a siphon? Or does the primary have a spigot?

**ktblunden** · 06-07-2012, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cincybrewer

Interesting, I've never heard of bottling from a primary. So you have to attach the bottling want to a siphon? Or does the primary have a spigot?

I would guess attach the bottle filler to tubing to the auto siphon. Really not much different than attaching the bottle filler to tubing to the spigot. Plus, if you take the plastic tip off the auto siphon you're actually pulling from the bottom of the bucket, eliminating the need to awkwardly tip the bottling bucket to get the last bit of beer out of the bottom.

**Austinhomebrew** · 06-07-2012, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cincybrewer

Interesting, I've never heard of bottling from a primary. So you have to attach the bottling want to a siphon? Or does the primary have a spigot?

The purpose for transferring to the primary for bottling is to remove the beer from the sediment at the bottom of the secondary. That way, you don't transfer any of that sediment to your bottles. The primary does not have a spigot. You would attach the bottle filler to the auto siphon hose. This method is used by a lot of homebrewers that don't have a bottling bucket.