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So I need a bigger pot or preferably automatic kettle because my kitchen and stove is not that great. This is getting expensive and fast. :eek:

I read the description of that Brewferm automatic kettle again and it said it is good for up to 20 liters of beer (which I assume means roughly 5% light beer) so it should be perfect for 5 gallons / 19 liters. Regarding straining, it does have a spigot, so instead of hanging it why not drain the...

Thank you for your response. Heating water for doing the mash is exactly what I would want it to do and most of all where I can do it, in my shower room where in case of boil-overs and such they will flow into the sewer instead of floor and seeping into the structures etc... Ah, so I severely...

Man, I wish Lappo would carry something like that just to learn the basics but no. I would have to order overseas if that is even available inside EU.

Thanks for the information! For the information, I am a 195cm giant who does heavy lifting and carrying with my arms at work all the day so lifting is not a problem. :) Although I figure lifting a bag that is not only wet but also hot may be a pain in the ass. I did not think about the milling...

Well since I am not into bitterness almost at all (I am very into fruity hop aromas though) that is not a huge loss. :) Just as long as the mellowing does not ruin the recipe though.

Hi. I have been making beer for quite a long time but they have always been from kit extracts. But now I have an itch to learn all-grain and maybe eventually make a recipe that I can truly call my own, but I am wondering where to start and what equipment to get. I'd like to keep things and...

A little hint on using Starsan, get yourself an empty spraybottle and put some Starsan mix in it. It makes sanitizing your equipment and working surfaces a breeze! This is good for sanitizing your bottles too when you get into that part.

Contrary to what was said above, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Coopers ale yeast that comes with the can. It is a good, neutral ale yeast that is also pretty forgiving as far as temperatures go. Considering Coopers originates from Australia that makes sense because the country is not...

If you really need all the alcohol you originally wanted and you cannot get DME anywhere then quickly run into the grocery store and just buy some sugar and pour about 300-500 grams in. It will dissolve on its own and the yeast will find it. Before someone burns me on a stake for this comment I...

With beer you only need one bucket unless you need to have several projects going at once. Secondary for beer is mostly unnecessary, you can leave it in the primary for months before any issues may happens and oxygen permeability is definetly not one of them. Thick PET plastic can hold oxygen...

Actually there is a video on Youtube where a guy made two very small patches of mead (as in pickle jar sized) and one had Fermaid O added and one had few raisins for nutrients. Both fermented just as quickly but the Fermaid O cleared much faster than the raisin one. However much to everyones...

Back in the very old days people used raw honey, straight from the nest. That contains a lot of crap, from pollen to bee stingers and maybe even dead larvae mixed in. While not perfect it did provide some nutrients. Today the honey you buy from stores is purified and filtered, it is nearly empty...

People have been succesfully making mead using raisins and fruits for years. It CAN be done but it is not optimal, the yeast are still somewhat starved which means it takes more time to age due to the fusels they produce. However I'd argue that we need to use extra nutrients mostly for...

Also honey is not a fruit or plant, oxygenation is much less of an issue for meads than wine or beer. Think of it this way, you know what overripe fruit looks like? That is essentially oxygenation on fruits when you leave them alone for too long. That does not happen with honey no matter how...

I kinda agree, people sometimes tend to overemphasize the use of sanitation solutions to a point I fear they are victims of marketing. Proper cleaning with soap and mechanical scrubbing won't kill microbes but it does wash most of them away (duh!) if you are diligent and thorough with it. Some...

If you managed to create a 11% mead with no alcohol taste in such a short time then you did good, REAL good. And you probably have some wicked good yeast there too, worth saving. People usually age their traditional meads for months and even a year or more to get rid of the "rocket fuel" taste...

New homebrewer from Finland here. Thank you for this thread, I have been wanting to make some homemade Sake but thought it was bit too complex for me. (I'm a simple kit&kilo+dryhop ale brewer) The basic recipe in this thread however is so dead simple that I've got to try it, but problem is I...