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I'm a beginner tackling the same problem... I was about to head for Home Depot same as you. But I am lucky--I have a small electric space heater that I will put inside so I can set the temp (probably 70 degrees.) I am at this same point. Garage brewing in Oregon. Kinda cold.

Okay. I will set something like a 2.75 or a 3.0 carbonation level then? I have some time on this... And yes, I will stick to the lightest DME for priming then. Thank you, guys. That calculator is great.

Definitely. Need about 110 bottles or more. (I always figure approximately 50 beers per 5 gal....but I always drink one and break one, so 5 gallons = two cases (48 beers.)

Okay. I have a little while to think about that... I was thinking about that just to be a little different than my old days with the corn sugar. That calculator is great. Thanks!

THANKS! I am shooting for 3.5 as in a German beer... and I expect to keep fermenter at 72 degrees, so it tells me to use DME - All Varieties: 23.2 oz. Awesome!

I've since downscaled... thankfully, I have been corrected on the vessel sizes above. The recipe I am working up now involves 12.8 gallons to start, and should yield about 11 gallons of beer. I'm looking to use DME for the priming... I have some time on this, but trying to understand how much...

****. You are absolutely correct. I am confusing my vessels. Okay. I have the huge 20gal+ SS Brewtech mashtun and the Blichmann Boliermaker (15gal sounds right too.) Fermenter is a Stout 14.5 gallon capacity. So I have some math to do! And I gotta learn the terms! Was gaining...

I have DME for priming. I was also thinking to add some to the wort. Any thoughts? I'm using free version of Brewer's Friend to shape this recipe. I think I am back to 12.5 gallon batch, but depends on what the software tells me, I guess. I'm going with the calculations given by that database.

That makes a lot of sense. I can recall stovetop batch boiling over in my wife's kitchen back in the day...I have never been forgiven! I am working with a 20+ gallon kettle (actually looks like 21.5 by the side markings.) Considering the consensus here, how do you like my chances if I boil 16...

I have poured 13 gallons of water into the fermenter and there is still about 4 inches of room at the top of the vessel. It's a Stout fermenter.

The mash is 20 gallons.

Oh. How much head room do you think I need to leave? Should I go 13 gallons?

Thank you again. I want to avoid changing the methods--I need to learn how to operate the system I bought. I've learned a lot and I am enjoying the challenge. I found a very good resource less than a mile away--Bridgeview Brew Supply in Oregon City. That place and the owner have been very...

Since posting this, I have learned that I have a 14.5-gallon fermenter, so I am trying to make 14 gallons. That should amount to something like 22 or 23 six-packs to give away... or about 135 bottles of beer. Need to have at least "100 bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall" so we can sing the song!

Great suggestions. Thank you.

Well, I hate to post this, but FH Steinbart has a store here in Portland, and I was disrespected there. I will not give another penny to FHB unless I could be convinced there was just one bad apple behind the counter that day. But I have been reading reviews, and I do see similar experiences to...

Thank you and I understand your concern about heat wrap under insulation or blankets. I will be very careful. Taking my time to design the best option. Leaning toward plywood box-in with insulation. I have a small space heater with temp setting that would keep the box nice and warm, and it has...

Thank you. Yeah. Turn-key nano brewery is a lot to understand...but also going to enjoy the journey. I am really enjoying the discussion here and learning. In the past, brewing 5 gallons seemed to work out to about 50 12-oz bottles of beer or two cases (call it 48 beers after -2...

Just an update: getting closer to brew day! Of all the great replies in this forum, yours probably helped me most. Cleaning garage, getting set. Thank you for encouraging me with the equipment IDs and kind words. The baby steps were missing... I am at least crawling and cruising now...Odds were...