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I have one of those barrels. They cost around $45 with a standard cap or about $60 with a cap that has a bsp thread to allow fittings for inserting gas. They are a little bit of a saving over cornelius kegs but plastic allows oxygen to pass through from what I understand. So they are OK for...

I'm too cheap to spend $100 on a mill, I'm "building one on the cheap" read "I'm spending $200 in labour, $40 in 3d printer filament and $20 in threaded rod and misc hardware/bearings" because I'm a hobbiest engineer and by gosh I'm going to earn that title in the most wasteful way imaginable...

I probably don't have the storage space for an extra 2x 5 gallon buckets of grain unfortunately. I store my equipment in buckets that I stack inside them selves. I can probably store specialty grains and just buy 30lbs of pilsner grain at a time. Once I start my own experiments I will probably...

From what I know of wine making, I hydrometer is more important than a refractometer. I could be wrong though as I'm only really experienced in wine making.

I have a 5 us gallon kettle so I'd have to spare with biab. Which isn't really a problem. I am tempted to look into fitting a ss ball valve on the kettle but I'm a little scared of messing it up and having to buy a new one.

It just says crushed or uncrushed on the site, I will send them an email thanks. If I do biab should I ask for fine or coarse? Thanks

Oh wow, thanks. I will keep that in mind. Some one on reddit actually linked to me a local ish Miller that you plug in the recipe amounts and as long as they have the malt requested, they send it out pre milled. So I should be able to specify grains based on your information.

I have used DME instead of sugar in LME kits. I just don't like working with the treacle like consistency of LME. Nor do I like the off taste (I can't describe it) of brews made with LME. I am a super taster, I can typically tell when meat is going off a day or two before people can smell it...

I was thinking pt 1 vs 3 I have found somewhere I can buy in volumes like pt2 butg it gets pretty expensive, though it is likely fresher grain than a kit. I went back and looked at my local brew shop. They offer 3 (light, Amber and dark) malts in 500 an 3000 gram packs (1.1 and 6.6lbs) and...

OK thanks

I have the right equipment to do biab. 5 gallon kettle and a few buckets, one with a spigot. I was brought a biab kit for my birthday a few years ago and never actually got as far as making anything with it. I've done a few extract kits and I don't really enjoy working with lme which is why I...

Thanks :) I have a homebrew store walking distance but they specialise in extract kits and equipment. They do have some grain but it's more of the "add it to a recipe for flavour" sort of thing. Think 500g packs of crystal malt. As for equipment. I have enough equipment to manage AG without...

Title says it all. I want to get into AG brewing and I'm wondering if buying the kits is worth the extra price over buying bulk grain. Thanks