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did you always do that? Curious how it would affect the quality

Finally received my NB starter kit!!! The kit is designed to boil 2.5 gal of water, then combine with 2.5 gal reg. water in the primary ferm. I will have a 7gal pot and burner to boil outside. Woul it be better to boil all 5 gal together? Will this improve the quality? It is for the "slobber...

Any issues cleaning the plate chiller?

I will have to look into all of these. Looking at making it to possible save money. thanks for the info

Unless you ran a false bottom in your mash tun?

I have seen two types of copper wort Emersion coolers. One where the coil is put in an ice chest, and the wort goes through the inside of the pipe. And one where you hook up the chiller to a hose and run cold water through it while swirling it inside your container (bucket, job cooler, keggle...

I have seen two types of copper wort Emerson coolers. One where the coil is put in an ice chest, and the wort goes through the inside of the pipe. And one where you hook up the chiller to a hose and run cold water through it while swirling it inside your container (bucket, job cooler, keggle...

Do you just fill the ice chest with ice water, run the SS line through it. what kind of temp drop are you getting with that?

I went with the SQ14 off amazon. Thanks for all the help

I actually live in Bunnlevel, so the new grapes and hops off 87 is pretty close

Do you drive to Raleigh? what setup do you have ?

So my kit is on the way.. Still need a burner though. I dot have the money for a Blichmann. Been looking at the dark star on NB. Just looked at some at Gander mountain as well. The dark star seems like a good deal at $39 with 54k BTU's. Looking for some advice. Is there a target number of BTU's...

Yes I live in fayettnam. there is no quality beer shop within a hour fifteen. No matter which direction you drive. no worries though

Decided to down grade and just go with the standard 5 gal kit from NB. Found out they do military discounts. So that was a help with the shipping cost. Just have to pick up a few more things. Pot, burner, hydrometer etc. thanks for everyone's help

I was reading about the speidels, seem pretty cool. Gonna wait and see after they have been out a little longer.

Unfortunately the local brew store is more about selling beer and wine. Couple yeast packs here, auto siphon there. Not really a Brewing store. I have to drive to Raleigh over an hour for a real store. Which is why I have been looking so much online.

Already got the book. Reading while I wait for the kit. I'm in trouble, I think about brewing all day, check the forums more times then I can count. And have possible recipes flying around my head.

Almost forgot, will be buying a burner and working outside. So I will need to get a pot too.

no issues with the better bottles? I would like to eventually get into all grain brewing. hadn't thought to much about cooling yet (prob would do ice bath), as it wouldn't require anymore equipment. Also need a hydrometer? want to start smart

Anybody on here use buckets for fermenting ? Or mainly carboys. Trying to get started cheap yet practical.