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I bought all the equiptment I needed for around $150, some new and some used equiptment. this includes 2 glass carboys, one plastic pail, bottle bucket and all required equiptment needed for brewing. I buy extract kits at a cost of 16-19 bucks along with 1KG of LME for around 6 bucks. All in...

Ya it seemed like it.

When you prime, you let it sit? Aren't you worried that the sugar will settle to the bottom? I opened another on of those Grolsh bottles last night and it was the same kind of deal. Also, the beer is not near as clear as the others.

Hello! I am getting close to the end of my first homebrew batch not to worry though as I have another batch that should be hitting its maturity within the next few days. However, when it comes to the bottles I use I am pretty much limited to twist off's as I dont have to many of the pry...

Thanks for all the replies! I think for my next brew I will use only the primary with an airlock and see what happens. Using advice from this post I think I’ll leave a large enough gap between the beer and the top of the bucket to allow for initial fermentation so I don’t have...

Good day! I am new to the sport of Homebrewing and for my first few batches I have been brewing primary (4-5 days) then secondary until fermentation is complete. After reading some threads on the forums here I have been led to believe that secondary may not be necessary and that one can...