First and foremost, this is my first post and my first foray into home brewing. So I'd like to say Hi to everyone here and thank you for any advice you can give, the information I've gleaned by lurking, as well as welcoming me into the forum.
For the past month or so I've been reading up on home brewing and I think I'm at the point where no new information will help until I get some hands on experience to fully understand it. So I took the plunge into home brewing and ordered a FastFerment. Good or bad, I liked the idea of the conical fermenter design. I may in the future go to a more traditional carboy setup as well, but for now it's just going to be the FastFerment. I THINK I know what I need to brew my first batch, but there aren't any beginner's guides in regards to the FastFerment so I was hoping someone could ounce-over where I am heading to make sure I don't miss anything.
I plan on doing an extract kit for my first brew to keep things simple. I was leaning towards an Ale but a local microbrewery got me hooked on hefeweizen so I kind off want to try that unless it's a bad idea for a first brew. To actually brew the wort I plan on purchasing a 40 qt. stainless stock pot and a candy thermometer. The stirring utensils, measuring glass, and mixing containers I will just use from my wife's collection. I will also need proper cleaner and sanitizer for every piece of equipment in all steps.
I ordered the FastFerment and it's thermometer. The only other things I will need for the fermentation process is a room thermometer and hydrometer. I believe the FastFerment comes with a gravity fed bottling tube so I won't need a siphon or additional buckets.
For the finished product, I'm planning on bottles for the first batch. I've been saving my bottles for the past couple weeks so after cleaning and sanitizing all I will need is a capper and caps and a place to store the full bottles until carbonated and then it's into the house fridge (there's enough room for the ~60 bottles).
I believe that's it. Please let me know if I've missed something or if you have advice, pointers, words of wisdom etc. Once again, thank you for your help.
For the past month or so I've been reading up on home brewing and I think I'm at the point where no new information will help until I get some hands on experience to fully understand it. So I took the plunge into home brewing and ordered a FastFerment. Good or bad, I liked the idea of the conical fermenter design. I may in the future go to a more traditional carboy setup as well, but for now it's just going to be the FastFerment. I THINK I know what I need to brew my first batch, but there aren't any beginner's guides in regards to the FastFerment so I was hoping someone could ounce-over where I am heading to make sure I don't miss anything.
I plan on doing an extract kit for my first brew to keep things simple. I was leaning towards an Ale but a local microbrewery got me hooked on hefeweizen so I kind off want to try that unless it's a bad idea for a first brew. To actually brew the wort I plan on purchasing a 40 qt. stainless stock pot and a candy thermometer. The stirring utensils, measuring glass, and mixing containers I will just use from my wife's collection. I will also need proper cleaner and sanitizer for every piece of equipment in all steps.
I ordered the FastFerment and it's thermometer. The only other things I will need for the fermentation process is a room thermometer and hydrometer. I believe the FastFerment comes with a gravity fed bottling tube so I won't need a siphon or additional buckets.
For the finished product, I'm planning on bottles for the first batch. I've been saving my bottles for the past couple weeks so after cleaning and sanitizing all I will need is a capper and caps and a place to store the full bottles until carbonated and then it's into the house fridge (there's enough room for the ~60 bottles).
I believe that's it. Please let me know if I've missed something or if you have advice, pointers, words of wisdom etc. Once again, thank you for your help.