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Walker.. I have a big bucket that I will use for fermenting and a big glass container which I guess is called a carboy. The bucket doesn't have a spigot on it. Do I need a spigot? I was thinking I could just pour the beer from the secondary into a pitcher or something and then fill the bottles.

Thanks, I might as well use a secondary being that I have one. (5 gal bottle). I assume that you still need an airlock even tho' fermentation will have been done for a few days. I suppose you could just stick a ballon on there.

Ok, that makes sense. So, for this kind of beer I don't need a secondary? I just need another container to mix with the sugar and then straight to the bottles?

Iv'e read here that a stainless steel pot is best. I have a big kettle (black with white specs) I think it is coated with teflon not sure. Would this work ok?

In the kit I have it just says to mix the sugar mixture with the beer into a bottling bucket. From there it goes straight to the bottles where it should age 3 weeks before you can drink it. Is this what I should do? Can I just leave it in a secondary for 3 weeks and then bottle?

Thanks BeeGee. I think I will buy one. I'm going to start this batch tho first..

Hi. I just got my brewing kit a couple days ago. I bought some ingredients from true brew (Red Ale). Anyway, while reading the directions it said to take a hydrometer reading for beginning specifec gravity before putting in the yeast. They said this is optional. What are the bennefits of...