Recent content by stevodenteufel

Im using the bucket for primary. I was assuming secondary needed some headroom as well but if not than thats good hahaha. Yeah carboy is strictly for secondary beer brewing, and maybe in the summer Ill use it to get some gooseberry wine going. Hmm, I'll be sure to go see what Wal Mart/Marshalls...

How about my question about tho carboy clearance and the blow off valve? I was actually reading on the site you linked about controlling it. Gonna probably read up on the site tomorrow since I have at the least 2 weeks before I get my first brew going, but realistically thinking maybe a month.

Dont worry, Im taking note of what everyone is telling me. Hear to learn not to waste everyones time and then do my own thing haha. I may go take a look at the pot we have down here, if its not over 3 gal I'll just head over to wal mart and fork over the $20 or so for a big pot.

Thanks! That site you linked looks like a pretty good resource. I have another question, I was looking around the forums as Ive been doing for a while and I was wondering how much clearance I should leave in the carboy? Should I use a blow off valve? It looks like a blow off valve is just a...

What are boilovers? And I have a 3 gal carboy for this, so wouldnt a 5 gal be too much? Sorry I dont know too much about all this yet haha

I actually have a brew pot, well its a big black pot. Do the materials matter? I know I see that people say aluminum and SS are the best (Im assuming this one is aluminum), but does it matter? A already got the carboy actually, I feel it'll store better (ie my dad not dumping it one day when he...

Hey everyone, I recently setup some mead in a 1 gal container and it got me interested in making beer. Im presently working on a cheap setup so I can brew beer, here is a list of my stuff let me know what you think : -3 gal Glass Carboy with airlock (going to be making 3 gal batches) -3...