TEWNCfarms
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ive decided to finally go the home brew route considering the beers I truly love are so expensive. I want to brew authentic style Belgium & Netherlands sour beer.
I have access to tons of food grade 5 gallon pickle buckets, can I use these to ferment 5 gallon batches or will I need to do only 4 gallons?
What’s the equipment I’d need? Airlocks, spigots, tubes, sanitizer, ingredients; what else?
Should I just buy some beer ingredients “kits” to get started? Or buy ingredients individually?
Also can I add a piece of toasted oak to the buckets to mimic the beer fermenting in barrels?
And what about capturing native yeasts in the open air like they do overseas?
Sorry for so many questions, I appreciate your help and look forward to learning a lot from you all and the tremendous amount of information on this forum!
I have access to tons of food grade 5 gallon pickle buckets, can I use these to ferment 5 gallon batches or will I need to do only 4 gallons?
What’s the equipment I’d need? Airlocks, spigots, tubes, sanitizer, ingredients; what else?
Should I just buy some beer ingredients “kits” to get started? Or buy ingredients individually?
Also can I add a piece of toasted oak to the buckets to mimic the beer fermenting in barrels?
And what about capturing native yeasts in the open air like they do overseas?
Sorry for so many questions, I appreciate your help and look forward to learning a lot from you all and the tremendous amount of information on this forum!