Recent content by codingmike

Thank you everyone for all the awesome advice. For the sake of time I'm going to go ahead and pull the trigger on this. https://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/brew-share-enjoy-homebrew-starter-kit It's got a hydrometer, thermometer and everything else I seem to need at the moment and it's...

Thanks for the heads up! I'm into darker beers anyway so that's great news!

Thanks for the suggestion on the kit! That actually looks really nice and is about the price range I want to be in. Edit: That's weird! When I first went there the kit was like 140 bucks or something and then I clicked again and it's $250. I must have gone to the wrong page the first time. Just...

This was actually the exact kit I was looking at when I posted my original question. I read a few reviews and there was some complaints about the air lock not working and some leaking which is why I wondered if it would be better to just buy some basic stuff separately. Also, this kit is like...

Thank you for your thoughtful response and multitude of options here! I def don't want to spend too much money but at the same time I know I'm going to reuse the equipment so I don't want the cheapest of the cheapest if you know what I mean. I like the selection of equipment you put together...

That definitely makes sense and seems to coincide with all the advice I've gotten so far. I'm definitely going to start with extract and hope for the best before I move onto something more complex. Thank you!

Thanks for the insight. That's one thing that definitely makes me nervous which is why I'm looking for something simple to start with. Hopefully my first batch comes out somewhat ok or I'll be hitting up the stores before the party to buy something real quick.

I'll definitely be starting in my kitchen. I do have a propane stovetop that gets pretty hot. Not sure if it's enough for a big batch or anything but extract seems to be the starting point for what I need for sure. Thank you

Awesome! Thank you!

Point taken and thank you for your understanding. At this point I really just want the simplest way to get into brewing and make something that's drinkable (hopefully decent) without investing too much money. Everyone here is obviously very passionate about brewing and has given some great...

Sorry, I'm really new to this. I understand the word efficiency and obviously anything that's more efficient is better but I really don't know the exact effect that this has on a beer recipe.

Thanks for the book recommendation. I actually looked into the one gallon recipes and my only problem is they are just so expensive for the amount of beer you get. At Northern Brewer it's like 20$ for the extract and another 5$-10$ for the yeast (ends up being like 30$+ for like 9-10 beers). I...

When you put it that way it sounds so easy. Now I'm really torn bewteen BIAB and extract.

Thank you for the detailed explanation on this! I honestly had no idea that different yeasts could be so different from one another. I live in an area where the temperature fluctuates a lot (very warm during the day and very cool at night). I'm not sure how this will affect my brew but I will...

Thanks for this! I'm going to check this out. I think youtube will be my friend here.