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I'm planning a partial-mash based on Tim's Irish stout recipe. It calls for 1 pound roasted barley, 1 pound crystal malt, and 1/2 pound black malt. I picked up a pound of each and I don't really want to store the extra half pound of black patent. If I just use the whole pound, how will that...

Ok now that I've looked at these posts and actually Searched some old threads I think I will get a bucket from HD or Lowes for my first non-Mr Beer brew. I think they have 6-gallon buckets at lowes..else I will use the HD bucket and use a blowoff tube. For simplicity I'm going to install a tap...

How did that recipe turn out??

Maybe he meant the brown sugar?

I checked out US Plastics..their bucket description says "Pails and lids are made of high-density polyethylene and meet NMFC, FDA and UFC requirements." Does that mean they are food-grade?

yikes thanks for the tip about food-grade buckets. Although leached-in chemicals might add some interesting flavors..Mosquito, thanks for the tip about that website! I found some 6-gallon buckets there that are temporarily back-ordered, I might order a few or just suck it up and buy a Kit.

My first brew with mr beer is underway and I'm looking to upgrade my equipment. Some of the kits Ive seen cost around $90 and seem to consist mainly of a couple 5-gallon buckets. I can get a #2 5-gallon paint bucket a my local hardware megastore for under $3. I want to to install an airlock in...

Some time ago I got a "Mr Beer kit" secondhand. It consisted of just the fermentor keg and the little booklet. I recently bought the mr beer wheat wizenbeir kit and it's happilly bubbling away. Now I'm thinking about bottles. I thought about getting the "deluxe bottling kit" mr beer makes...