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I've had good luck fermenting in the basement in the 65 - 68 range. I'm a year plus into the hobby and started with a 8 gallon brew kettle, propane burner, wort chiller, stirring spoon for the boil kettle, siphon, glass (should have went with plastic) carboy 5 gallon + range, iGrill thermometer...

Always a good start to the week when your wake up to see you fermentation kicking and you get your swamp cooler working :)😀

Welcome to the community. Lots of good advice. Some conflicting advice. Trust your gut and you wont go too wrong. I'm about a year or so into the hobby. Last year was learning the basics with extract. This year was all grain. Thinking 2022 is going to be about water chemistry.

I received a new copper tube wort chiller, which I'm going to hook up in an ice bath upstream of my wort chiller. I've been having trouble getting my wort to the 70 F and have been getting impatient and pitching the yeast too warm. The finished product is great but I'm not sure if I'm tasting...

Scrubbed the kitchen floor, which means it's bottling day. Here's the hydrometer sample...

5 gallons of Irish Red Ale to bring the total to 6099.5 gallons

Looks like a great system. I'm in

5 gallons Northern Brewer Summer Shandy All Grain 5 gallons Northern Brewer Fruit Bazooka NEIPA 5257 gallons

Just closing this out for any other home brewers with similar questions - Final product turned out great and surpassed my initial home brewing experiences with extract recipes. Yes, another clear case of RDWHAHB!

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Thanks everyone for the input. My OG was 1.55 which was a bit higher than the recipe called for because I threw in some extra grain (my daughter gifted me the recipe and she got free shipping by spending an extra couple bucks, so an extra pound made it into the mash tun). FG was 1.01. I bottled...

After a few successful extract batches, I tried an all grain recipe kit and despite one problem I hopefully overcame, I'm convinced that I won't be going back to extract. The post boil wort tasted so much better than that with extract brews. Sweet and flavorful without the syrupy texture...

John Palmer's "How To Brew"! I have a couple successful extract batches under my belt but wanted more guidance before moving to all grain.

Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker

Thanks to all who posted their bottling tips, which resulted in this setup....

Blow off tubes!

I bought a Belgian Strong Ale kit with ambitious plans to enjoy it Christmas Eve. I was delayed a few weeks getting it brewed but finally getting it bottled tonight!

I've learned that everyone on HBT has good advice, but it is all based on their personal circumstances and preferences (including this post!). You just have to review the advice, don't overthink it and go with what makes you comfortable. I've found that making good beer is easier than making bad...

I must be getting awfully bored of being stuck in the house. Today I added one Cascade hop pellet to the coffee filter basket wondering how it would taste and when my wife would notice. I seem to taste a difference (for the better) but my wife hasn't said anything. Going to keep it at one for a...