Background: I am a novice all-grain brewer with about 10 batches under my belt. I use a 10-gallon cooler to mash and I have a decent kettle that I boil with outside using propane. I ferment in a chest freezer with temp control in buckets and carboys.
I have a 3-keg keezer built from a chest...
I need a 3.5 liter starter. Do you think I can fit it all in a 1 gallon jug or will I need to step up? And, since I have a stopper and airlock for it is there any reason why I wouldnt use them, or is aluminum foil sill preferred?
I plan to pick up two 5.1 cu ft chest freezers. One for a keezer and the other for fermenting and cold crashing. I need to run them on the same 20 amp circuit that powers the garage fridge. (My wife wont let me modify the fridge) Do you think I will have enough power? I dont know how many...
As a gift, my wife bought be a 1 gallon kit for me to "test the waters" of homebrewing. I am enjoying the hobby so far. I have my 6th batch conditioning in bottles right now. The first couple were prepackaged extract kits, the last 4 have been extract recipes I pulled off the forum. The...
I havent actually brewed anything yet. I am doing research and hope to be buying equipment for my first brew in the next week or so. One of the questions I am debating in my head is the age old question of 'bottles vs keg'.
Initially I thought I would dive right in and keg my brew to...