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[starlifter737]

If You Knew Then What You Know Now...

What equipment would you have liked to have had starting out. You know, you bought a kit and then upgraded later and wished you had had it from the beginning.

I'll start.

A ten gallon brewpot with spigot...

What else?

 

[sause]

Kegs. And more Kegs.

 

[RichBrewer]

Definitely kegging equipment. I would also liked to have had an auto siphon. Back when I started they didn't have anything like that and starting a siphon was a PITA.

 

[Beerrific]

Star San. Iodophor is good stuff but I really like Star San.

BTW, I looked at the title of the thread and thought it was spam for sure.

 

[malkore]

the right propane burner to start with.

(brewpot was my first choice but since it was already taken)

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I wish I'd have...

...discovered the merits of dry yeast for clean ales and lagers before this last brew.

...skipped the turkey fryer and gone straight for the big NG burner I use now.

...made more keggles sooner (or found more LEGAL 1/2 bbl kegs sooner).

...gone with steam mashing in the first place rather than messing with HERMS.

...bought a SECOND March pump! Those things are handy!

...built my "Ultimate Mash Tun" already.

...utilized my second argon tank and regulator for back-gassing most of the stainless welds I backed with Solarflux.

 

[Ize]

I'd still be a bachelor.

D'OH! Wrong, sorry...

I gotta agree with Rich. Autosiphon. And, bench capper compared to wing...

Ize

 

[olllllo]

Never buy a non forward seal faucet.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Never buy a purpose built kegerator. Do a chest freezer conversion.

 

[talleymonster]

Kegging Equipment
Kegs for Keggles
Hop Bag

 

[Orfy]

Keggles and Kegs and KISS

I pretty much jumped straight in. (after Mr Beer)

 

[ScubaSteve]

I woulda got the advanced complete kit from Midwest instead of the intermediate. I also would have done my kegerator a bit differently, more like the one the guy who built Bruus 10 has.....completely covered in wood and with a fan.

 

[TexLaw]

Immersion chiller. No doubt about that one. I didn't want to spend the money on that at first. One batch of the ice water bath hassle, and I immediately started to find room in my poor, Ramen noodle eating, college student budget.


TL

 

[c.n.budz]

a better grain mill, the corona mill I got from ebay early on was a PITA Also probably would've skipped the whole extract thing, with what I spent on extract early on I could've paid for an all grain set up. I could probably come up with about 30 other things but I'll leave those for other people to list...

 

[ohiobrewtus]

If I'm still not kegging yet, can I say Kegging anyway?

I would have skipped the 6 or so extract batches that I did and gone right to PM.

I would have built my MLT faster and gone to AG sooner.

I would have found AHS sooner and not ordered from "ohbs to be named later" at all.

I would have had Yuri convert another keggle and sent it to BM.

 

[Beerthoven]

Fermentation temperature contol.

Warm ferments make sucky beer, IMHO.