So I am a week or two away from beginning my first beer, an Irish Stout that came with the Midwest Brewers living social deal. I went on to their website and looked at their instructions and then have been researching for weeks on this site. I think I have it down to what I need in addition to the kit, and then have a question about Steeping the bag of grains.
In addition to the starter kit I think I need:
-Star San
-A long spoon
-A thermometer for the steeping process and for knowing when the Wort is chilled enough to pitch.
-Unscented Oxyclean to clean the equipment prior to sanitizing
- A 30 Qt Brew pot (my gas stove sucks and I think it will be cheaper to use propane and a turkey fryer for a 60 minute boil than the gas stove in my apartment)
My steeping question is my biggest pot for use on my stove is only 6 Quarts. Can I Steep the grains in the 6 quart pot at ~170 degrees and then add to the Turkey Fryer and add more water to make 6 gallons that the 30 QT pot would allow (to allow for boil up room)? I figure that would be easier than steeping in the turkey fryer and wasting propane. I was also planning to add some "clean" ice to bring the temperature down and to make the total amount of wort at a little more than 5 gallons. Does this sound like it would work? So basically it would be a nearly full boil.
In addition to the starter kit I think I need:
-Star San
-A long spoon
-A thermometer for the steeping process and for knowing when the Wort is chilled enough to pitch.
-Unscented Oxyclean to clean the equipment prior to sanitizing
- A 30 Qt Brew pot (my gas stove sucks and I think it will be cheaper to use propane and a turkey fryer for a 60 minute boil than the gas stove in my apartment)
My steeping question is my biggest pot for use on my stove is only 6 Quarts. Can I Steep the grains in the 6 quart pot at ~170 degrees and then add to the Turkey Fryer and add more water to make 6 gallons that the 30 QT pot would allow (to allow for boil up room)? I figure that would be easier than steeping in the turkey fryer and wasting propane. I was also planning to add some "clean" ice to bring the temperature down and to make the total amount of wort at a little more than 5 gallons. Does this sound like it would work? So basically it would be a nearly full boil.