Recent content by FandMBrewman

Thanks for all of the great advice. For this batch I am using my carboy as the primary fermenter and plan on skipping a secondary fermentation and going straight to keg. I did strain the wort for this batch, although being a pain, I would not mind doing it each time if it would mean being...

Thanks for your replies. I did not put rubber gaskets on both sides, only one, I will try putting a second one on. I bought the bucket knowing it was a bottling bucket and not a fermenter, but hoped to use it for both purposes. If it leaks though does that mean that bacteria can enter the bucket?

Hello all, Just checked on my first batch of home brewed beer and that airlock is bubbling away. As I eagerly await the results of my first foray into home brewing I have a few questions to ask. First, I bought a five gallon fermentation bucket with a spout at the bottom. The spout came...