Making it in 5 gallon batches (BIAB). But this new toy kind of opens up a new world. I live just north of Seattle and I'm thinking I can go to a number of breweries around here and have a corny keg filled while my batch is fermenting.
I have a Spike 5 gallon fermenter and really wish I'd spent...
Got a Kegerator from the kids for my birthday. The gave me the web page to show me the unit. Due to supply chain issues, the thing took about 6 months to be delivered.
It does not come with a keg. So..I try to get ahead of the game and go out and buy a corny keg. It has two ball lock connections...
Agreed. After doing some regulator research, the Three gauge is the way I'm going to go. It's more than I need in the near term, but I want to get equipment that I won't outgrow.
Taprite seems to get decent reviews.
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I don't have the CO2 gear yet so I do need to use the bucket for the batch I'll be bottling next week.
When I do get the CO2 gear I'd like to try bottling from directly from the fermenter. I'll look around this site for a thread on that subject.
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I have my first batch in the CF-5. I'm one week away from bottling. I had to pick up the fermenter and put it on a table to gain enough height to transfer the beer into my bottling bucket on bottling day next Saturday.
My first use of the CO2 gear will not be a closed pressure transfer. It will...
Hi Iso,
I'm fairly new to brewing. I know I like it and I'm also into buying good tools.
It's going to take me awhile to gear up to put together the system I want to build.
I'm starting with the fermenter as temperature control is a priority. Next I'm going to get the CO2 gear to practice...
Hi all,
I recently purchased a CF-5 and about $600 in accessories. I currently have a batch fermenting. To get the full benefits of the equipment, I need to get a CO-2 tank and the Spike Gas Manifold Package with the Spike Closed Pressure Transfer Kit. (these two items are not in the $600 in...
I've been brewing 5 gallon extract batches for a year.
I'm 61 and am going to pull the retirement plug at 66.5. I'm looking forward to brewing as a hobby in my retirement years.
To that end, I've started with a Blichmann Hellfire burner and a Spike 15 Gallon brew kettle. ...My next purchase...
Hi,
Yes, I took a sample directly from my Kettle after chilling down to 70 degrees . I have a Spike Kettle with gallon markings on the inside of the Kettle. Volume was just over 5 gallons (like 5 1/8) so it probably was a little diluted.
I opened the butterfly valve a little way and put a...
Well Shhhhhhhhoot.......Brewed my first 5 gallon extract Kit (Northern Berewer) using my new equipment in the garage.
This is my 3rd 5 gallon Kit and the first two came out Perfectly from OG to exact ABV in the final product. I brewed these two on the stove.
This 3rd one should have had an OG...