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Welcome aboard from a former Pa'er. While I do miss it sometimes, you can't beat the beach!

If you're having a hard time getting parts you could use a mesh strainer onto of the pot that you're using for a mash tun. That way when your sparge/ return water hits it it'll break up that steady stream am done slowly trickle down onto your grain bed. That would help steady your temps in the...

Now that I re-read the ad... parts for the 7.9 & 14 gallon are interchangeable and instead of the collection ball it uses mason jars:ban:

I just received the new copy of BYO and low and behold the first page I flip to is an ad for the new 3 gal fast ferment conical for $49.99. Has anyone seen these anywhere for sale yet? I'm gonna hop on one soon as I find it seeing I've been doing small A/G batches.

Good luck on the first batch. What did ya make? There's tons of info here and plenty of great people to answer any questions. The most important thing is patience. Welcome aboard.

Happy Father's Day to all the homebrew dads out there. May your day be full of stable temps,free flowing sparges,and fully carbed pints. PROST!!:tank:

What would your average ambient room temp be? Any way you could do a swamp cooler and toss in some frozen water jugs or something? It'd help keep your temps down real cool for a few days and they would slowly creep back up. I can keep my temps around 68* with just water and a wet t-shirt and my...

A double mesh strainer would sit at the top of your bucket and you would pour through it. No need to try and strain anything now. Anything that's in there now will drop to the bottom of your fermenter and anything that doesn't can be coax into dropping by cold crashing. It's just time for you...

I do my AG in a 5 gallon igloo cooler with a false bottom. Only because I've never done any BIAB, and it's all equipment I've had. I just set up a 3 tier system with a pot on the stove(as my HLT),my igloo mash tun on a stool going to my boil pot on the floor. I guess I just stick with that set...

Sounds like it went pretty good! Glad ya made it and it's all done. Now comes the worst part of brewing.... the wait. But in the meantime it gives you time to plan your next brew. Good job

No need to worry. As long as what you were pouring stuff back and forth into was sanitized you'll be fine. Just think of it as extra aeration before pitching your yeast.

I think you'll be fine, as long as you've got krausen formed then you're fermenting. You won't be able to tell what it's doing until you get some readings. It's hard to judge just by the krausen alone. Unless it's a recipe you've done exactly before. I've had some batches that have a 1/4 inch...

Hmmm... I may have to scale this down and try brewing this. I have everything needed but 7-up. It'll give me a reason to brew something different and I may score some brownie points if I make something she likes.

Welcome aboard. Glad you stepped up to the 5 gallon kits. You'll be glad you did. Don't get me wrong you can make some decent beer with Mr Beer (that's where I started too). But for just about the same amount of work you can make twice as much really good beer. You'll be fine leaving it in your...

Once you get thru your first batch you'll be hooked. After all this planning you best keep us updated

Ugh.... don't get me started. My wife's already had me looking in 4 stores for that stuff. Luckily I haven't been able to find it. But while I'm looking I do get to check out the craft section

I would give it a light cleaning your first use. Just use a light mix of your cleaner and rinse. Better to be safe than sorry. You could just do your quick cleaning while you're brewing and just turn around and sanitize.

There's no need to give your bucket a rinse after you dump out your starsan. Any little bit that's left in there won't hurt anything. It's fine to pour your wort right in your bucket even if there's bubbles in it. I always thought if I use a cup or so to rinse all my bubbles out then the...

If you have the stick on thermometer that's what you'll have to go by for now. I'd only add 5-6 inches of water. It'll take a day or so to figure out how much ice you'll need but with a frozen bottle and wet t-shirt I can stay around 65- 66

I'm sure there's something out there about making a swamp cooler but it's pretty simple. Just use a tote or plastic bin and put about 5-6 inches of water in it. With your carboy in the tote you can add frozen water bottles in it to get it to the temp you want. I usually add one ice bottle in the...