Hey guys and gals.
I guess it's time to ask some newbie questions. I know how to use both the forum search and google search. But after searching and reading I still have some unanswered questions.
1: I am finished with my mr beer ingredients. Should I continue buying the 2.5 gallon mr beer recipes until I can reliably produce them? Or should I just start making 5 gallon batches now?
2: I read the entire mr. Beer thread here and I have come to the conclusion that the mr. Beer ingredient kits are capable of making good beer. Is this the general concensus or did I misread?
3: when its time to move up to larger batches, I must say that the sheer amount of available equipment is a little daunting. Especially as most of it is really expensive. 90 bucks for a 7.5 gallon brew pot makes my butt pucker a little. Can anyone point me to a list of must haves? Here is what I'm thinking:
-7.5 gallon brew pot
-long stirring paddle
- idophor
-hydrometer
-auto siphon
-bottles
-capper
-caps
-carboys
-airlocks
-bottling bucket
-bottling wand
I think that about does it. All in all that's a lot of money. Again, should I just keep making the mr beer ingredients before I dump this much money?
4: can someone link me to some good educational threads that I may not know about just from searching and reading the stickies?
Thanks guys!
I guess it's time to ask some newbie questions. I know how to use both the forum search and google search. But after searching and reading I still have some unanswered questions.
1: I am finished with my mr beer ingredients. Should I continue buying the 2.5 gallon mr beer recipes until I can reliably produce them? Or should I just start making 5 gallon batches now?
2: I read the entire mr. Beer thread here and I have come to the conclusion that the mr. Beer ingredient kits are capable of making good beer. Is this the general concensus or did I misread?
3: when its time to move up to larger batches, I must say that the sheer amount of available equipment is a little daunting. Especially as most of it is really expensive. 90 bucks for a 7.5 gallon brew pot makes my butt pucker a little. Can anyone point me to a list of must haves? Here is what I'm thinking:
-7.5 gallon brew pot
-long stirring paddle
- idophor
-hydrometer
-auto siphon
-bottles
-capper
-caps
-carboys
-airlocks
-bottling bucket
-bottling wand
I think that about does it. All in all that's a lot of money. Again, should I just keep making the mr beer ingredients before I dump this much money?
4: can someone link me to some good educational threads that I may not know about just from searching and reading the stickies?
Thanks guys!