Do you think this will keep my supply up?

[Dondlelinger]

Well if you're trying to save money then I'd suggest going to local restaurants/bars and see if they'd be willing to part with some of their empty bottles... sometimes a PITA to clean but they'd prob be free or at least really cheap.

As people said before the one fermenter is kind of limiting. But if you had a week or two of slower drinking you might be able to catch up if you have enough sets of bottles.

I just scored 6 dozen swing top bottles off Craig list for free.. XD

 

[brewit2it]

I just scored 6 dozen swing top bottles off Craig list for free.. XD

Nice!!:rockin:

 

[kpr121]

Nice snag on the swingtops!

About your fermenters, why dont you have your gf bring home a bunch of those buckets, then you can split each batch into 2 buckets. Heck, you could even bump up the volume a little bit and end up with 6-7 gallons total per batch, by adding some extract and/or hops if you want. It seems like you are content with a simple, easy to brew, easy to drink mid-ABV beer (nothing wrong with that I say!). You really would benefit from having additional fermenters, and if you have access to food grade buckets, I say get em and use em!

 

[sebs]

Take a food grade bucket from your gf and put the cover on loosely so the gasses can escape. That's what they do at the LHBS. I've tried it once myself before putting an airlock and it worked fine.

 

[Dondlelinger]

Nice snag on the swingtops!

About your fermenters, why dont you have your gf bring home a bunch of those buckets, then you can split each batch into 2 buckets. Heck, you could even bump up the volume a little bit and end up with 6-7 gallons total per batch, by adding some extract and/or hops if you want. It seems like you are content with a simple, easy to brew, easy to drink mid-ABV beer (nothing wrong with that I say!). You really would benefit from having additional fermenters, and if you have access to food grade buckets, I say get em and use em!

Yah I'm pretty lucky to score 6 doz for free man i was planing on buying that amount was going to cost me over 100$ .. so yah pretty happy.

Anyways I asked her to look out for food garde buckets, when she gets a few saved I will run by here work and steal them.. and thanks for the tip about the lid sebs

 

[sirhc1210]

Yeah thats an awesome find! Craigslist has alot of good stuff... I check that and the forums Classifieds for stuff nearby. Once there was a set of equipment prob. worth over $1000 that someone was selling for $300... Unfortunatly, I balked and waited then it was gone. I'll always remember the one that got away =P