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^ this was my first thought upon reading your post (Cider). As has been said many times, some people really don't like Beer. For the most part if that's something that's in their mind, it wont matter what beer it is because it'll "taste like beer". The Cider, Wine & Meade sections here are...

Actually yeah we do, it's Vegas Homebrew (vegashomebrew.com). It's a really small shop, but the guys running it are great & definitely know their stuff. Prices are pretty reasonable too - obviously not "online super site" levels, but when you take out shipping & add the value of helping local...

It shouldn't be stressful. Ever.

I'm sure it's not a new thought, but I went old timey/prohibition with my labels. The twist is that there are 24 different images, kind of "Jones Soda" style, so each bottle in a full case is different. I do small basic neck labels for the brew type & individual info per batch. :drunk...

The stout I have going right now was the same way at the beginning, because I put it in a 5.5 gal better bottle. I just had a blow off tube connected from the get go so I wouldn't run into any problems. At it's most active it was bubbling non-stop & occasionally pushing krausen all the way...

Thinking about this a bit more: one thing that may be an issues, though likely small, is the amount of head space along with the fact that you wont have your blanket of CO2 on top of the brew since this is a secondary instead of primary. You'll basically have a wide area exposed to oxygen...

Make sure your spigot and all is sanitized & I don't think there's any issue. I bottled a batch over the weekend that I primaried in my bottling bucket without transfering to a secondary. The beer was fine, I even drank a few pints while I was bottling because it wasn't bad flat. I had to leave...

If you end up going a turkey fryer kit route, just make sure to watch out for burners with an auto 15-20minute shut off. You end up getting used to having to crank up the timer I'm sure, but if you can avoid it from the get go you should. I "inherited" my burner & don't know the model, but I...

Second more primaries. If you're mainly looking for something to add to your kit order, add another kit & a primary / airlock & get set up to have 2 batches going together. That was my first reaction on reading the OP anyway. :tank: Edit: I use the thermometer that came with my fryer & it...

QFT Just wanted to thank you for putting this tutorial together as well. Just got back into brewing after about 8 years off (and only a handful of extract batches back then). I picked up a couple pre-hopped extract kits with my new equipment set up, just to ge the ball rolling & I gotta say...

The main stubling block I see here is that you've posted on a Beer Brewing forum & what you're currently making isn't what most (including you most likely) would consider beer once you get to your end product. End of the day, you are going to be producing alcohol - which is one of your goals...

I was looking at going the same route as you before I bought my set up last week & from what I've found you can definitely beat that kit. I was also thinking about going right into kegging & getting a pretty complete setup right of the bat, but just decided to go simpler to start with at the...

Thanks for the reply - I probably shouldn't have deleted my actual full question. I was actually asking if it mattered if I boiled my whole water amount instead of partial. The kit I was using was a "non-boil" kit that called for boiling 2 gallons & adding the kit to that, then topping off the...

It's not a timed boil at all. I don't believe it's to be boiled with the extrat at all. Pretty much just says to add to 2 liters of boiling water, next step add the balance of the water & then yeast (at 30celcius). I was just hoping to clear up the local water a bit by boiling it all, since I...

I'm in the midst of my first batch in about 8 years & have a quick question. The kit I have is a full extract (pre-hopped) Irish Stout from brew craft. I've already done all my measurement conversions, since it's non-US measurements, but I'm boiling my full water amount (5 gallons) to help...

Meant to post in beginners. All apologies. :drunk:

There are a few different styles of temperature controllers for freezer conversions that basically just turn the freezer on & off to controll the temp here's an example: http://www.kegworks.com/search/search.php?keywords=temperature+controller&x=0&y=0 As for the advantage, I think it really...

Along these same lines (deciding on Carboy to buy) I was looking at a kit that came with 2 five gallon carboys, thinking I could use them as primaries if I wanted a few batches going at once instead of using as secondaries, but it looks like the 6.5 is the way to go in that case. Is there any...

I've found Midwest to be the best price for the setups offered in all the looking I've done too (the intermediate kit is what I'm looking at for more "long term" investment), but I have not ordered mine quite yet either, so I'll be sure to keep an eye on this thread as well. :)

Hello from Las Vegas, NV I brewed a bit back in my early 20's, but let the hobby lapse due to a lot of moving around. Now that I'm older & more settled down it seems like a great time to get back into it, because I definitely enjoyed it back then & could use a good hobby. I gotta say, there's so...