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I am a fairly new brewer and I was kinda day dreaming of the future.... With that being said I've had my eyes on this kit... but it has everything you'd need which can be a problem since it seems you have everything minus the kegging equipment...

I am doing a HefeWeizen and really banking on subtle notes of banana/clove... Think positive! Just tell someone when you hand them a brew that it's an exotic wild banana Hefeweizen! :mug:

I am fermenting two different beers (Hefeweizen and an IPA) and they both act differently. The Hefeweizen went crazy for about 3 days and died off while my IPA just has been steadily going at it with airlock activity. From what I read and have been seeing, just because there isn't airlock...

I pitched this yeast without a starter into my 5 gallon hefeweizen and within 24hrs it took off and am still getting big bubbles in the airlock every 1-2 seconds!

Doing a Hefeweizen with White Labs 300 Yeast. Pitched the Yeast @ 70 F and it's sitting at 60-63 F in the fermentor on the 2nd day. Whats your favorite temperature to pitch with WL300 and why?

UPDATE: Alright so I brewed my first batch of Hefeweizen and it's now sitting in the fermentor at 65 F. I learned some valuable lessons to say the least. One of them being getting my wort chiller together so I can bring that temperature down under an hour lol! I pitched the WL300 right into wort...

Awesome! Thanks for the great tips guys! Keep them coming, it's good to hear how people do their own things and make it work.

Hey guys, I finally got my brewing kit in last Friday and Monday I will have both my Hefeweizen & Deadringer IPA extract kits in. I do have some questions, like always and was hoping some people experienced in either the two can give me some pointers that will make the process go smoother...

Will do, thanks for the advice! Just wanted to make sure I am not doing something wrong that I will regret later! :tank:

I got a question regarding when or if I should strain my wort. When I am done with the cold break and I am ready to pour it into the fermentor, is it smart to strain it? Will it lead to a clearer beer and aerate it at the same time? Or would it be smart to keep the sediment in fermentor and just...

Very neat, I will definitely have to check that out on my day off.

UPDATE: 7/28/14 @ 8:30 Alright, I finally pulled the trigger and I believe the bullet hit the target! I got my order... I slimmed down the amount and decided to do some DIY projects! Purchase List: Brewing Kit: http://www.homebrewing.org/Brewers-B...oy_p_3155.html Hank's Hefeweizen Extract...

I am going to look into this, by the look of some of the videos I just watched it looks like 25 foot of copper pipe and some basic knowledge to put together.. I got to check the material list and see how much cheaper it will be. Thanks for the suggestion! :mug:

Wow guys, thanks for all the replies! The tap water down here is pretty crappy (at least in my opinion). I will probably just play it safe and buy bottled water like some of the users above posted. The current setup I am looking at is going to be extract brewing for now until I really get into...

I was thinking of getting the amount of water I need by using 1 gallon jugs of Nestle Pure life water. Will it make a difference if I use tap water instead of bottled?

Thanks for the indepth response! You actually cleared up some questions I was just about to ask. 1) I just edited my OP: 80qt Kettle on a propane burner. In response to the 2nd fermenter, I was actually debating that but wasn't sure what to do. The only reason I was really going with the...

Should've mentioned that in my original post... I am going to use a Propane burner (outside on a covered part of my lanai), with an 80qt Kettle. Is that too big or does it matter?

Alright, so I have been looking into doing some home-brewing for about 2 weeks.. I have done a lot of reading on this forum and viewed numerous youtube videos. On top of that, I have been scouring website after website trying to find what would best fit me as a beginners kit. So far my list...