Hi everyone,
Thanks to a Christmas present from my lovely wife, I will be brewing my first batch this coming Saturday. She got me a complete brew kit and a smoked porter extract kit (my favorite). Both are from love2brew and the guys there have been very helpful. I ordered a 10 gallon aluminum pot then went out and got a Bayou Classic SP10 when a little testing revealed that my electric stove just wasn't going to cut it. The only thing I'll probably add to that for my first batch in an install of Beersmith2 because I'm an obsessive data collector.
I have two big concerns going in. The first is fermentation temp control. I pretty much have none. The plan is to start fermentation in the (mid-sixties) house then move it out to the (mid-fifties) garage once it really gets going.
The second is cooling the wort. I got the 10 gallon pot so I could do full boils but I don't have a wort chiller yet. The pot is a little large to fit in my sink so I'm going to have to come up with some other way to do an ice bath.
Can't wait to brew my first batch then watch the Eagles beat the Saints!
Thanks to a Christmas present from my lovely wife, I will be brewing my first batch this coming Saturday. She got me a complete brew kit and a smoked porter extract kit (my favorite). Both are from love2brew and the guys there have been very helpful. I ordered a 10 gallon aluminum pot then went out and got a Bayou Classic SP10 when a little testing revealed that my electric stove just wasn't going to cut it. The only thing I'll probably add to that for my first batch in an install of Beersmith2 because I'm an obsessive data collector.
I have two big concerns going in. The first is fermentation temp control. I pretty much have none. The plan is to start fermentation in the (mid-sixties) house then move it out to the (mid-fifties) garage once it really gets going.
The second is cooling the wort. I got the 10 gallon pot so I could do full boils but I don't have a wort chiller yet. The pot is a little large to fit in my sink so I'm going to have to come up with some other way to do an ice bath.
Can't wait to brew my first batch then watch the Eagles beat the Saints!