Jesse Seymour
Member
Hello everyone.
I am fed up with the cheap Mr. Beer equipment. As I was bottling my Blue Lightning the tap on the Mr. Beer keg kept getting clogged with chunks of blueberries. This would force me to push harder to the tap handle and now the tap has a perpetual leak.
My wife (not sure what SWMBO means, can someone explain that?) said that this could be the "catalyst that moves me to get real equipment and start brewing like a man". I think she has ulterior motives here because I promised to brew her a good cherry beer.
Anyway to make a long story short (too late) I did some browsing online at Midwest Supplies and decided to acquire the following equipment:
I am not sure if I should use blow-off tubes or airlocks. I want to stick with microbatches (around 2 gallons) for now but will be moving to five gallon batches hopefully by Christmas. I have two Mr. Beer cans of extract and Booster left so I will continue to brew those in this equipment.
Does anyone see anything that I am missing or could offer any additional advice?
I want more and less with this hobby so I need to get on real equipment but budget is a very limiting factor.
I am fed up with the cheap Mr. Beer equipment. As I was bottling my Blue Lightning the tap on the Mr. Beer keg kept getting clogged with chunks of blueberries. This would force me to push harder to the tap handle and now the tap has a perpetual leak.
My wife (not sure what SWMBO means, can someone explain that?) said that this could be the "catalyst that moves me to get real equipment and start brewing like a man". I think she has ulterior motives here because I promised to brew her a good cherry beer.
Anyway to make a long story short (too late) I did some browsing online at Midwest Supplies and decided to acquire the following equipment:
- 2x 3 Gallon Glass Carboys - I thought about using pails but I like to be able to see what is going on in there.
- 1x Thermohydrometer - Just a hydrometer with a built-in thermometer
- 2x #7stoppers, drilled
I am not sure if I should use blow-off tubes or airlocks. I want to stick with microbatches (around 2 gallons) for now but will be moving to five gallon batches hopefully by Christmas. I have two Mr. Beer cans of extract and Booster left so I will continue to brew those in this equipment.
Does anyone see anything that I am missing or could offer any additional advice?
I want more and less with this hobby so I need to get on real equipment but budget is a very limiting factor.