I am just getting my toes wet with homebrewing, but I already know that I'll be predominantly making kettle sours. I've done a lot of reading on the process, which includes an initial fermentation with lacto at a higher temp, then a secondary fermentation with the regular yeast at regular temps. From the reading I've been doing it seems like the most important part in this whole process is maintaining proper temperature control (oh, and of course sanitization)
Therefore I've been looking for initial equipment that will help me get started and help me control these temps.
Since I need to do both a higher temp and then lower temp ferment (and I'm a bit anal about precision so I don't want to just leave the cooler ferment to the ambient temp of my basement) I was looking at a combined heating/cooling system.
Initially I was looking at the Anvil bucket fermentor with the cooling system they sell for it, along with something like a fermwrap for heat. Then I came across the Anvil ferment in a kettle kit.
Now I'm wondering if I can get away with just buying a kettle, the FIAK kit, a cooling system and a ferm wrap and doing it all in just the one kettle. The FIAK kit has a pretty small hole for the airlock but I could probably expand that to accomodate something like the brewstix or the anvil cooling system (though it is currently out of stock everywhere).
Am I crazy to think I can do it all in just one?
Therefore I've been looking for initial equipment that will help me get started and help me control these temps.
Since I need to do both a higher temp and then lower temp ferment (and I'm a bit anal about precision so I don't want to just leave the cooler ferment to the ambient temp of my basement) I was looking at a combined heating/cooling system.
Initially I was looking at the Anvil bucket fermentor with the cooling system they sell for it, along with something like a fermwrap for heat. Then I came across the Anvil ferment in a kettle kit.
Now I'm wondering if I can get away with just buying a kettle, the FIAK kit, a cooling system and a ferm wrap and doing it all in just the one kettle. The FIAK kit has a pretty small hole for the airlock but I could probably expand that to accomodate something like the brewstix or the anvil cooling system (though it is currently out of stock everywhere).
Am I crazy to think I can do it all in just one?