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Thank you for the info about the gravity. Supposedly the OG will be between 1.048-1.052. Sounds like it wouldn't hurt with a 24 hr stater. Not ideal for my first brew to do a starter but I looked at a bunch of directions and it seems pretty simple. Good practice for the next day. To flars...

As the subject/title suggests, I'm trying to head-off any chaos on brew day. I have a few questions about some minor prep things. I have grains I need to crack and from what I've gathered by doing a search, is that it won't be a problem to pre-crack them the night before. That's one questions...

william_shakes_beer; I'll look at that book. Thanks for the info. Sounds like a great source. WI_wino; since this will be my first brew I don't have plans for a lambic, but the idea and history are very cool. I may however find someone local who can use them. -Nate Sent from my iPad using...

Porterpounder; that is what I suspected when it came to storage. Even though I didn't pick out the hops from the store myself, I did see that there was a hop fridge. I should have also added the person that the kit came from said they had not brewed in over a year. So these are potentially 1...

I would be interested and it sounds like a lot of fun! -Nate Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

This past weekend I bought my ingredients for an extract brew to do this coming weekend. An error occurred, not sure of it was me or the store, but I didn't receive the hops listed in the recipe. I don't think I was even charged for them, so it's not like they didn't get bagged or I missed...

FuzzeWuzze & number40fan; thank you for your ideas and opinions. You have provided me with other budget friendly options. I'm looking at the IMUSA Aluminum pot and I like the price and size. I think getting the smallest possible and cheapest will make the boss (wife) happy. I'll be sure to...

J187; You've convinced me to go for the larger size. I found a Concord 60 qt. (15 gal) for $80+$13 to ship. Can't find the 10 gal you referenced, but for $10 more I get 5 more gal and that sounds like a good deal to me. Thanks for point me in the right direction!

This is my thought exactly, drewsk! I will however remember this post when I either have a boil over :mad:, or want to go bigger :rocking: like everyone else has mentioned. I have a feeling I'll want to go larger, but you never know what life throws at you and other things keep you busy...

I just got my first home brew kit for my birthday. The kit contains the basics which revolve around 2 plastic 5 gal buckets. I am now looking for my boil kettle and would like to do my boil in a turkey fryer. I'm shopping around on the websites of some of the big box home improvement stores and...

Hello, From a Smyrna a suburb or Atlanta, GA. Just starting. Zero brews. Don't even have a kit yet. Have a new (9 mo.) baby and haven't had the time (or money) to start. I'm hoping I can find more time this summer to try my first batch. Cheers!