Im planning to upgrade my carboys to Better Bottles. While reading about them I started thinking about what I would buy if I could spend more time brewing. With retirement about 5 years away it occurs to me that I can spend more time brewing.
SWMBO isnt much of a drinker but doesnt care that I am and wants me to have something to do so I dont driver her crazy (and as long as I build her elevated gardens). Ive convinced her to let me have a space in the walk in larder for fermentation (adjacent to the kitchen, dark and 72 degrees +/-).
What I have now is:
Sitting inactive in the attic I have:
The obvious missing item is a kegging system. Im woefully ignorant about kegging so I have some reading to do.
What else should I be looking for?
SWMBO isnt much of a drinker but doesnt care that I am and wants me to have something to do so I dont driver her crazy (and as long as I build her elevated gardens). Ive convinced her to let me have a space in the walk in larder for fermentation (adjacent to the kitchen, dark and 72 degrees +/-).
What I have now is:
- A 3, 5 and 6 gal carboy. I plan to replace these with 6 gal better bottles.
- Assorted airlocks, hydrometer, buckets and hoses and other brewing basic stuff.
- A 5 cu/ft fridge begging to be converted into a kegerator.
Sitting inactive in the attic I have:
- A sparging set I bought years ago and never used. Basically a cut open beer keg and copper sprinkler.
- Copper pipe and fittings and a pump to build a immersible wort cooling coil.
- A couple of large (6 gal?) enamel pots.
- Dozens of old bottles.
- A 5 gallon cooler for sparging.
The obvious missing item is a kegging system. Im woefully ignorant about kegging so I have some reading to do.
What else should I be looking for?
