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I know their not much more expensive, but do they really make a difference? If they don't I would soon just rather save my few bucks.

So I would just use my regular yeast for the fermentation process and champagne yeast for the priming bucket? How much yeast would I need to use and is there any risk of kicking off another fermentation and having a blowout/bottle bomb? Does it affect the taste at all? Sorry for all the...

I love stout, especially draught style, now I know that brands like Guinness have a nitrogen distributor in the bottle to ensure that creamy style head. Is there any way I can brew a stout to have this same consistency?

Has anyone made the dark cherry stout kit from northern brewers? It looks very good, and says that it just leaves a cherry aroma instead of an overpowering fruit flavor like other fruit beers. http://www.northernbrewer.com/specialtybeers.html It's about 2/3 down the page.

So if I buy an auto-siphon, I can just skip the racking cane unless for some reason I find myself needing it?

I am doing some research into home brewing before I actually jump into it. I'm still not completely sure what a racking cane is, I know it's a siphon tool but that's about it. Can someone explain to me exactly what it is and if it's essential or not?

I think that's the main reason i want a glass primary, I really want to see the fermentation process, i think it's so cool looking.

So I have read all over the internet that glass is pretty much universally better than plastic. I am looking to get a system set up where I have one primary fermentor and 2 secondary fermentors basically for faster brewing. I know for sure that i want a couple of carboys for my secondary's but...

/\/\/\ A friend of mine had to use a baloon as he had a similar problem, going out of town and no airlock. When he got home he said the balloon was half full, seems like a good makeshift solution. Wont burst off (unless tons of pressure) and makes a great seal.

I will be doing extract kit/partial boils for a while, at least a few years until I feel I have a good enough understanding to do full boils and all grain. I will skip the wort chiller at this time. I would like to buy a 10gal pot but I have read that a regular kitchen oven doesn't have the...

So could I buy 1, 6.5 gal carboy for primary fermentation and 2, 5 gal carboys for secondary? Basically my thoughts are that I can make a batch and put it in primary for a week, then transefer to secondary, then immediately make another batch in the primary and transfer it to the other...

/\/\ That's a good point, i didn't realize that about the carboys.

So far from my research i have found that this equipment to meet my brewing needs 2 6.5 gal glass carboys 1 Plastic primary fermentor 1 bottling bucket with spigot carboy brushe stoppers and airlocks floating thermometer wort chiller brewpot bottles caps hydrometer 6' siphon hose auto siphon...

I am still shopping online for my beginning equipment kit. I know i love making beer as i have done it with my dad for years, I want to start doing it on my own. the thing is this, when I brewed with my dad I was younger (he quit drinking years ago) and i don't really remember any of the...

So for a novice, a typical 5 gallon pot will be ok for most or all of extract kits? I'm definently not ready to buy a BTU burner for huge boils. I know I will likely have to upgrade in the future, I guess I will tackle that when i get to it.

I have seen this thrown around a lot in this forum, a full wort boil versus a concentrated boil. I am about to become a novice homebrewer and will be starting with an extract kit. The big reason for this question is price, if a full wort boil with an extract kit really helps the beer, I will...

/\/\/\ Great advice, I will certainly check that out. I just want a good kit that will allow me to make any beer I want for a few years. After I feel that I have become a great homebrewer i'm going to move up to a kegging system.

So can I just get more siphon hose from any hardware store or does it need to be a certain material? Also where can I get an auto-siphon?

The kit comes from homebrewheaven.com, I can't seem to link the page but you can go to there main site, click beer brewing, click brewing equipmnet kits, it's the deluxe kit. This is what it includes for those who don't want to go there. Includes 6-Gallon Primary Fermentor, 5-Gallon Glass...

So I am going to be brewing my first "real" batch of beer soon, I say "real" because my first batch was through a Mr. Beer, lets just say it wasn't very good. I would like to show you the equipment I will be buying and the first brew I will be making. I am buying The Advanced Home Brewing...