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Are these your own recipes? Sounds delicious....care share the recipes.

Update: first hop bine is up....Crystal! Pretty excited!

Looking over the pictures again, I thought I got the pulley that she has at the top for when it comes time to harvest but it got cut off :(....she actually had her dad come over to help with that....

Thanks. I was blown away about how much research she did to make this happen.

Pictures of new hop garden

Trying to figure that out..... GOT IT!!!

My wife keep saying that she was going to surprise me this year for my birthday. She was absolutely right...I always thought about planting hops but I hesitated for one reason or another. Well, she went ahead and did the research about raising them....looked through my recipe book for which ones...

Ditto on the vacuum sealer. Check out Homebrewfinds.com for deals.

If I was to go back to doing 5-gallons batches - I'd do "no chilling" in the brew kettle.... Don't just take my word for it: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/exploring-no-chill-brewing-117111/

I understand about providing some constructive criticism and not just bashing...I get that. Of course, it'll brew beer...small batches don't bother me because that's what I brew... I think my problem with the HopBox is the description on the Kickstarter. To me, it just seems like a...

It looks like something you put on a coffee table for when you expect guests over. "Hey...what's that? "It's my HopBox brew kit. I make my own beer." "Cool! Can I try one one?" I'll bet they only have one drink....

Ray Daniel's Designing Great Beers is a must have IMO...its my go to book when I'm working on a new recipe.

You'll be fine....I've used 5 gallon carboys for 2.5 gallon batches with no problems. The co2 from fermentation will push a lot of the o2 out and the co2 is heavier so it'll settle on top of the beer.

I've only used Brewers Friend for a couple of recipes but the website looks the same on my desktop compared to the iPad (through the Safari browser) I really like working the recipe on the desk top and then pulling it up on the iPad on brew days. My .02 cents

Gotta love those ah ha moments....when i did 2.5 gallon and 5 gallon batches that was the only way i could enough wort with my two smaller pots. Congrats on the higher efficiency....i went from 70 to 80% efficiency myself.

Here's a link to some great information ....just use your water volumes and you'll be fine.... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-stovetop-all-grain-brewing-pics-90132/

Here's a link to Northern Brewers kits.....Brooklyn Brew Shop sells them along with a few others...just search "small batch beer kits" on Bing or Google http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/recipe-kits/small-batch-beer-recipe-kits

2-gallon buckets work great. Bakeries get frosting in 2-gallon buckets and when empty are thrown away. You could hit a few places and see if there will keep some for you and the price is unbeatable....FREE!!!! Just my .02 cents

That volume of water sounds about right for a full volume mash and a 60 minute boil. I usually start with 11quarts and finish with 1.5-gallons. Don't be afraid to squeeze the bag to get all the liquid you'll need for the boil.

try it and report back....:mug: