First stab at beer brewing...

Before I buy what I need (can't beat the shipping rates at Northernbrewer!), I wanted to make sure I'm getting everything I need.

Here's what I am ordering:

Basic Starter Kit
(contains)
# Six gallon fermenting bucket with lid
# Six gallon bottling bucket with spigot
# Fermentation lock
# Siphon tubing
# Bottle filler
# Bottle brush
# AutoSiphon
# Bottle capper
# 144 bottle caps
# Hydrometer
# 8 oz. One-Step Sanitizer

Honey Kolsch Extract kit

18" Plastic Paddle (didn't have a good spoon)


Is there anything else I might need?

Thanks in advance!

At least 50 12 ounce bottles and a pot that is big enough to boil 3 gallons of water in. Other than that it looks good.

Thermometers! One for the brew pot and one that will stick on the side of the fermenter.

trencher said:

Thermometers! One for the brew pot and one that will stick on the side of the fermenter.

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Good call!

I have the pot and bottles, no problem.

What kind of thermometer? The floating ones? or the dial ones? Should i drill a hole in the plastic bucket to thread the thermometer through?

I would not worry about the floating one just some kind of instant read thermometer. For the fermenter they make a stick on one for it.http://www.northernbrewer.com/thermometers.html

That kit (plus thermometers) sounds like a winning combination to me.

I don't know if this was oversight or not... I see mention of a spigot and a filler as well as a siphon, but you only mentioned siphon tubing... You'll need it to connect your filler to the spigot as well.

fermometer, nice thermometer for the pot...also, you should get a wine thief or other tool for grabbing a sample. i use this: http://morebeer.com/view_product/18661/ (the one piece might work better)

don't forget the container for putting the hydrometer in! i'd get at least a 4 gallon stock pot (mine is 8 gallons)

oh, and DON't STaB YouR BEER!

DeathBrewer said:

don't forget the container for putting the hydrometer in! i'd get at least a 4 gallon stock pot (mine is 8 gallons)

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Stock pot and hydrometer jar are two different pieces of equipment.

and those were two different sentences