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Ok, made my first really dumb mistake as a new brewer. I'm sure this will give you ol' timers a decent smile. I had just received my 2nd fermenter bucket with a NB label. My beginner kit has a BB label. Easy enough right? Two buckets, different labels, easy to tell the difference. I...

I apologize if this has been discussed, but I didn't find anything on it this evening. So, I just boiled my 2nd kit ever, a Caribou Slobber :D, and had a 5 gallon bottling bucket with Starsan as my prep bucket. Now that I'm done with this kit, and have another coming in tomorrow (a NB Red...

Ok, I haven't even bottled my first extract brew yet (a few more days!!) and I'm already wanting to learn how to customize recipes to experiment with creating beers. :mug: I am limited to extract brewing at the moment (my choice), but I understand - if you know what you're doing - you can...

Ok, I've been thinking about home brewing forever but have never been brave enough to actually try it. So today, I had some birthday money burning a hole in my pocket and decided to take a ride to the closest homebrew shop. I picked up a stainless steel 20QT pot, a deluxe starter kit...

Hello all, I'm new here and also new to the hobby. Forgive me if this has been asked, I couldn't find the answer. I'm doing a lot of initial homework and hope to order my homebrewing equipment very soon. I see that most kits come with a bucket as a primary fermenter and some come with a...