moonfolk
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My Tax Return just came in today, time to dive head first into this! I've been reading a lot online, and I must say, Im interested in these things:
All Grain brewing
Small batches
Cheap Bottling
I live in a NYC apartment, and though it has decent room for brewing, I'm sort of limited on storage for aging. I've found grain online that can come pre-milled, so that takes the grinder out of ye equation, and I already have an ice chest I inherited that I'm willing to convert to a tun.
Essentially, what I need is everything else. I'll need another pot, (I already have one for doing extra boiling, and possibly brewing if the batches were something like 3 gallon instead of 5, which I'm interested in trying to have more brews at a time) buckets/carboy, all the brushes nozzles hoses, kitchen utensils, thermometers etc...
I am reading Palmer's book and so want to follow it along, but prepare myself for all grain adventures later. So, I'll start with a extract brew, move to partial, then graduate maybe after 3 or so brews. Heck, I might just do a 3 step process.
The thing is, I have a few friends back home who brew, but the sort of disregard all the rules, and don't know a whole lot about what specific characteristics the massive amounts of ingredients yield. What I'm saying is, I'm familiar with the process, and the terminology to a certain extent, and a love beer of all types, so I've got a foot in the door, but don't want to get in over my head and end up with a disaster!
Also, looking for advice on whether I should go to one of the many brewery stores here in NY or get a kit online. I'm looking to spend up to 250 bucks, hopefully including some beer makings!
Thanks for the input! Cheers!
-Lester
All Grain brewing
Small batches
Cheap Bottling
I live in a NYC apartment, and though it has decent room for brewing, I'm sort of limited on storage for aging. I've found grain online that can come pre-milled, so that takes the grinder out of ye equation, and I already have an ice chest I inherited that I'm willing to convert to a tun.
Essentially, what I need is everything else. I'll need another pot, (I already have one for doing extra boiling, and possibly brewing if the batches were something like 3 gallon instead of 5, which I'm interested in trying to have more brews at a time) buckets/carboy, all the brushes nozzles hoses, kitchen utensils, thermometers etc...
I am reading Palmer's book and so want to follow it along, but prepare myself for all grain adventures later. So, I'll start with a extract brew, move to partial, then graduate maybe after 3 or so brews. Heck, I might just do a 3 step process.
The thing is, I have a few friends back home who brew, but the sort of disregard all the rules, and don't know a whole lot about what specific characteristics the massive amounts of ingredients yield. What I'm saying is, I'm familiar with the process, and the terminology to a certain extent, and a love beer of all types, so I've got a foot in the door, but don't want to get in over my head and end up with a disaster!
Also, looking for advice on whether I should go to one of the many brewery stores here in NY or get a kit online. I'm looking to spend up to 250 bucks, hopefully including some beer makings!
Thanks for the input! Cheers!
-Lester