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Must haves: Brewing Kettle (I went for an 8 gallon size) Bottles A long handled stirring spoon Nice to haves: Nylon grain bags An autosiphon A bottle washer attachment A bottle tree for drying bottles A wine thief (makes taking gravity readings simple) Another carboy/better bottle (or two) so...

I use the nylon bag (http://www.midwestsupplies.com/nylon-boiling-bag-8-x-9-in.html), and when I am done just dump the hops in the trash, then take the bag inside and rinse it out in hot water. The bag comes clean, though is a little discolored now. Still works fine.

I use the plastic Better Bottles, and have had no problems using the handles. But I can see what people are talking about using the glass carboys.

It's hard not to worry... so like others have said RDWHAHB. If you followed instructions, things should go well. At least that is what I keep telling myself.

+5 Raspberry Wheat +5 Nut Brown Ale 15,442

It was a wheat beer and fermentation temps noted between 68-72 for the yeast. Just new enough that I don't yet get what the yeast/beer is doing in the secondary or longer primary time.

If it's left in the primary, can it be moved to a cooler environment? 65-68 degrees? Seems that the primary fermentation is done.

So I brewed my first batch last Sunday, and took a SP reading last night at the end of basically the first brewing week. The bubbles have subsided and it was just a bit higher than the expected FG. Will go into the secondary on Sunday. And let me say that the first taste from the thief...

So I just put my first brew (a raspberry wheat) into the primary on Sunday evening...so welcome to another hobby. Live in the western suburbs of Chicago, and am glad that I found this forum.

Those are awesome! Well done.

I just bought two stainless steel pots off of overstock.com. The first was a 60 qt pot, and the second a 32 qt pot. Both were less than $100 each, which was much cheaper than I've seen elsewhere for stainless.

So after reading the boards for a few weeks now, I went ahead and made my first brew this afternoon - a Raspberry Wheat from Midwest. Have to say that everything went smoothly and was easier than I thought it would be and brewed it as a full boil. Started with an OG of 1.042 (which was...