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Hoping to be helpful here rather than pedantic, but we usually call it a 'bottling bucket.' Most brewers have a process such as this: 1) Let the beer ferment for 2-3 weeks. 2) Optional steps: transfer to secondary, add gelatin, cold crash for a couple of days. 3) Create priming sugar...

Not sure if I'm reading you correctly, but add your priming sugar immediately before bottling... don't wait 72 hours.

^^^This^^^ If you want to calculate absolutely everything into the mix, you'd need to include (and I may still have inadvertently left something out): 1. Equipment Cost (Kettle, Wort Chiller, Bottles, Kegs, etc) 2. Ingredients Cost (Grain, Hops, Yeast, etc) 3. Miscellaneous Costs (Propane...

In those circumstances, I personally wouldn't bother. Put the bottles in the fridge for a few days before you drink them.

20 gallon kettle is ideal for 10 gallon batches. I have a 15 gallon kettle but I'd find 20 to be much more comfortable for batches of that size.

I find that using a secondary significantly reduces debris like that, if not eliminates it altogether. Many will undoubtedly disagree with me, but I always recommend that new brewers try both ways (only primary vs using a secondary) and see what works best for you. Those floaters will not harm...

1. For clearest results add the gelatin at the same time that you rack it to secondary. While many will tell you not to bother using a secondary, I use one and I like it. I recommend that over the course of your next few batches you try both ways and see what works for you better. 2. You can...

Definitely sink the bag. If you "gently" stir then I can't imagine you're not going to get a pile of gunk in your bottles. Being in the minority, I'm a fan of secondary vessles, especially in cases like this.

(pssst, I actually did but I wasn't going to mention it as I thought it'd make me look like an idiot. Little did I know that this thread would accomplish that without inserting an image of me as the Marlboro Man). :)

I know. Your post was very good. I was just playing.

Yeah OP, you been skooled! :ban:

Ha! So not getting home fast enough caused my propane tank to leak? (Scratches head...)

I don't think anyone's suggesting not to use your car where you can at least crack the windows, but it's not a good idea to enclose the tanks in the trunk.

Curiosity on the question of light bulb spark creating potential led me to google search for the answer. Turns out it's the switches that appear to be the most common source of the spark for gas explosions. I don't know if there are any switches for the lights in the trunks of cars... but best...

No... but the suspense is killing me. :) Edit: Sorry, misread your post... thought you had said, "do you know what might have set it off..." with a follow up post.

I didn't know that... thanks for the tip!

It's been quite a few batches gone by since I heard the glorious sound of bubbling in the airlock. The seals are often bad. But I wouldn't replace a fermenter on that account. It's rather normal, and as your visual inspection has told you - everything is going tickity-boo. Instructions...

It's good to have a healthy fear of propane tanks, especially when transporting them - such as to and from filling them up. The last time I got mine filled I had an incident that gave me a bit of a scare. I usually get 2-3 tanks filled at a time. I take them up to Costco where they're very...

That makes sense... although an extract kit where I live usually costs in the $50 range so that's what I thought he was talking about, so it's easy to see the source of the confusion.

Ok, I was going by the numbers in your earlier post in which you reported that it cost $50 to brew a 3-5 gallon batch. I guess you reported those numbers wrong in the first post or I misread it. No big deal. Either way, usually if you brew all-grain then the cost of ingredients makes the...