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I know many folks think that dry yeast is not as good as liquid, but between cost, the ability to store for a couple months without as bad of an effect on viability, not needing to make a starter etc there are a lot of upsides. I know the diversity of styles isn't as good, but I've heard that...

I recently got a screaming deal on an 80qt aluminium kettle, and I want to move up to 10 gal batches. I'm getting the parts for a wort chiller, and hopefully will be able to put in a spigot and get a pump soon. But I don't know that my stove can handle a 7ish gal boil, let alone the 13 or...

So, I found a screaming deal on an 80 quart (20 gallon) stockpot. Worked out to a total cost of $20 for it. :D However, this presents something of a problem for me. I've done partial boil and coiled the wort by mixing it with cold water up to this point. Moving to a full wort boil means that is...

Guess I should've left more headspace. Airlock was totally plugged and not venting, it let out a big "whoosh!" when I pulled the airlock to clean it. Fermenter is an old Cooper's bucket with a spigot and gasket screw down lid. It's bubbling like crazy now (3-5 per second) but no more trub or...

Planning on buying a new boil kettle, and I'm not sure what size to get. Currently, I am limited to stovetop partial boil 5 gal extract batches. My immediate goal is simply to have a large enough pot to do full volume boils for 5 gal extract. In the near term, I am curious about both 10 gal...

I'm very much an amateur (one batch brewed so far) so please bear with these very newbish questions. Let's say I want to do a yeast starter. Since I like Belgians and high gravity imperial stouts, this seems like it will be a good idea. I mix up a bunch of DME and 2Lish of water (approximating...

Got one, thanks! Hoping to get something large enough to do full volume boils for 5 gal batches, and BIAB down the road. I'm planning on getting this pot but I wanted to look around locally first. I'm hoping for something that's either about the same size / quality but cheaper, or something in...

Hi everyone. I am an utter newb to brewing, I've done one batch so far. It was an all extract batch from a Cooper's starter kit my wonderful wife gave me. I put the first one in the fridge tonight so I'll try it tomorrow and see if it's drinkable. I've been slowly building my brewing gear...