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Yea definitely makes sense. That’s why I think what I’m looking at will work out good. I can make small 2-3Gal batches regularly to get things figured out (let’s be honest even if it’s just me drinking it, that won’t last long lol). Then when I’ve got the hang of it I can start doing 5gal...

Yea I’ve been looking at the turbo 500 distiller, it’s able to be fitted to the foundry but from what they claim in the manual for flow rate it would be a long process to distill enough water to make a batch of beer. I think a small ro system might be the more cost effective route. At least I...

Yea I got a Buddy that works in the county office, he’s going to go track down the right guy for me. They’re so disorganized there nobody knows whose looking after anything over there 🤣. But, somewhere somebody definitely has a water sample Last I knew, they were still sourcing our water from...

Yes I’ve been reading into that a bit already. I think to start I’ll just go and grab a bunch of ro water from town so I have a good baseline to start with I’m in town water out here in the country so I’ve got good clean potable water at the tap, I just can’t seem to find anything on the...

Currently the selection on kijiji within a days drive from me is a chopped up cooler and a small kettle for $600. She’s slim pickings around here. There’s a guy in Calgary selling off a bunch of gear, but the prices don’t really justify 20hours of driving! Even finding a decent little...

One of the guys that usually makes wine tried a extract beer kit last year, it ended up going over to the still. It was poop lol

Unfortunately (we’ll, not really unfortunate lol) I don’t live in a densely populated area so there a no clubs or anything of the sort. Just a few ‘locals’ that make wine and a couple that make shine lol. Doesn’t seem to be anyone nearby that does beer so I think it’s all on you guys and...

Yep, I get starting with all grain kits is really not much different but I’m a true believer in starting simple, get the process down pat then she’s hair straight back from there! Yes that’s been fairly obvious haha. Which by all means were all in it for different things. None of us are real...

Thanks. I do intend to start with kits. Probably extract to start then all grain kits and basically slowly work my way up to my final goal. I just want to make sure I’m set up pretty decent to start with so I don’t have any extra complications or have to keep upgrading components to get to...

Honestly it doesn’t deter me, but it also is a reason I want to just jump into stainless gear. Pop in some cip’s and I can they can handle the bulk of the work rather than spending half a day head first into a pot trying to scrub it down 😂 I don’t know if it really makes that much of a...

Heat won’t be a huge challenge but it’s still going to be an issue. The toy shop stays fairly cool through the summer as long as the overhead door stays closed but it’s still around 70 in there most of the time on average.

That’s all kind of the reason I’m looking at the equipment i am looking at. I can chill the g4 and let it do it’s thing in there. Although that is going to tie up that unit until it’s done. So I’d be waiting or having to get another fermenter if I wanted to make batches in between. I’ve been...

Thanks, yea sitting and reading a book isn’t really my thing lol. Reading around forums and watching YouTube tutorials and such are definitely more my style! Unfortunately where I am it’s a 2h drive one way to the nearest homebrew shop and they really don’t have a lot there, they cater more to...

Yea it probably isn’t any cheaper for the most part especially if a guy drops 3k+ on equipment. But if we were able to eventually use nearly all of our own ingredients it would definitely lower cost. Also the 14% increase on liquor tax they’re putting in this week helps the argument 😂

I’d have to do some figuring but I don’t see it requiring a huge amount of btu to drop a 5-10gal batch down cold enough to bottle it. Not to mention we don’t have a super hot climate so generally I’d only be looking at a 20°c temp drop. Even on warmer days my toy shop stays pretty cool...

Like I’ve said, I already have co2 and regulator onhand, so it’s no extra expense to use co2 (already pay rental on the bottle and the gas is super cheap). Again probably not something I’ll get into right away but why not use it if I’ve got it?

Exactly why I wanted to use the unitank, hopefully be able to bottle a nice clear carbonated beer without any of the nasties. If it’s not something we can enjoy right out of the bottle It’s not what I’m looking for.

The plastic fermenters definitely have a much nicer price point. The place I’m looking to order from doesn’t have a huge selection but they do have some options. They carry the fermzilla all rounder 30L that can force carb too for only $150 with the pressure kit. Basically does what I want...

Thanks guys. Definitely agree on doing kits first rather than jumping in head first with all grain, the all grain brewing is just my end goal. I totally agree that expensive gear isn’t going to make the beer any better. That’s true for a lot of things, our $800,000 air seeders don’t make a...

Lol. It’s not something I’m even going to dabble in right out of the gate. But sounds easy enough to do with a little redneck ingenuity. I can malt it quite easily but only on a ‘mass’ scale. I can kiln it in the grain drier but that’s a 1200bu/58000lb batch and I definitely have no...