Hi all new to the forum, although I have read alot. My 3rd batch is sitting in the primary, my first two are sitting in bottles, and my ingredients for my 4th are spread between the pantry and fridge.
I want to get started on another batch before my AHS Double Chocolate Stout is finished fermenting, but can't decide if I want to buy a 5 gallon better bottle or another Ale Pail. The buckets seem to be very over priced at my LHBS (more of just a cooking store that as some homebrew stuff), probably around $25 for a bucket and top, so I am considering just going with a 5 gallon BB that are near the same price.
I know the trend is for long primary no secondary, but if you only had a bucket would you first get the capability to secondary or just get another bucket? If it matters my next batch will be a AHS California Common. The Stout would be transfered to a secondary probably after sitting in primary for about 2-3 weeks.
Sorry for a long post, and I know it is going to be a personal choice based on what I want to brew, if I would rather skip secondary etc etc, but I just wanted to know what you guys would do in my situation.
I want to get started on another batch before my AHS Double Chocolate Stout is finished fermenting, but can't decide if I want to buy a 5 gallon better bottle or another Ale Pail. The buckets seem to be very over priced at my LHBS (more of just a cooking store that as some homebrew stuff), probably around $25 for a bucket and top, so I am considering just going with a 5 gallon BB that are near the same price.
I know the trend is for long primary no secondary, but if you only had a bucket would you first get the capability to secondary or just get another bucket? If it matters my next batch will be a AHS California Common. The Stout would be transfered to a secondary probably after sitting in primary for about 2-3 weeks.
Sorry for a long post, and I know it is going to be a personal choice based on what I want to brew, if I would rather skip secondary etc etc, but I just wanted to know what you guys would do in my situation.