fuzzyguy1978
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Im looking into brewing my first beer. I have been looking around for a beginners brew kit and reading about it a lot. The kit i was thinking about does not use carboys, just the buckets. Its cheaper to start out. i have been reading the complete joy of home brewing. In this book he walks you though your first brew. His used just one fermenting stage and then bottles. About 14 days fermenting and the same in bottles. In this he talks about the sediment at the bottom of the bottles.
Here is what i do not understand and maybe someone can help me. I think he said something about needing a carboy to do a second fermenting stage. I would rather do two stage fermenting and have a cleaner beer then all the sediment in the bottles. Can i do two stage fermenting in buckets with lid and air lock? One is a bottling bucket. Thought i would start first stage in bottling bucket, second stage in non bottling bucket so when i bottled i would have the bottling bucket for bottling. This would give me the time to clear bottling bucket. Would that work?
Here is what i do not understand and maybe someone can help me. I think he said something about needing a carboy to do a second fermenting stage. I would rather do two stage fermenting and have a cleaner beer then all the sediment in the bottles. Can i do two stage fermenting in buckets with lid and air lock? One is a bottling bucket. Thought i would start first stage in bottling bucket, second stage in non bottling bucket so when i bottled i would have the bottling bucket for bottling. This would give me the time to clear bottling bucket. Would that work?