gerard weyns
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So I've never actually brewed beer before. I was planning on starting out slow, but I am at a point in my life where I had the time to do it so I pulled the trigger and built a 3 vessel eHERMS with 15 gallon pots. You can check it out in the DIY forums. Anyways I am just finishing up the wiring on my controller and plan on brewing my first batch this weekend! I'm going to make a trip to the homebrew store on Friday to pick up ingredients for a centennial blonde. Here are my questions:
As of right now I have my brew system, a mash paddle, a refractometer, star san, 2 6-gallon glass carboys, and 4 corny kegs. Am I missing anything? Trying to avoid as many "oh sh#!" moments as possible.
The recipe is pretty detailed on the mash ingredients, hops, and yeast that are to be used. Is there anything that is not commonly included in recipes that I am going to need?
I have seen a lot of talk about water in the All Grain forum and I'm a little intimidated. Is getting the correct water profile essential to all grain brewing, or can I just use bottled water from the store this first time around and tackle water profiles further down the road?
And finally I have been reading up a lot on tips and tricks/dos and dont's, but are there any last words of advice out there for a newbie like me?
Thank you in advance and I can't wait to get started
As of right now I have my brew system, a mash paddle, a refractometer, star san, 2 6-gallon glass carboys, and 4 corny kegs. Am I missing anything? Trying to avoid as many "oh sh#!" moments as possible.
The recipe is pretty detailed on the mash ingredients, hops, and yeast that are to be used. Is there anything that is not commonly included in recipes that I am going to need?
I have seen a lot of talk about water in the All Grain forum and I'm a little intimidated. Is getting the correct water profile essential to all grain brewing, or can I just use bottled water from the store this first time around and tackle water profiles further down the road?
And finally I have been reading up a lot on tips and tricks/dos and dont's, but are there any last words of advice out there for a newbie like me?
Thank you in advance and I can't wait to get started