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DadRocks73

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My name is Duane and I’m a father of three, married for 28 years. I have dabbled with brewing a few times in the past with mixed results. All extract brews. I want to learn how to brew good, all grain beer to enjoy with family and friends. About to build a keezer and figured it would be a good time to get back into brewing. I hope to learn a lot from all the more experienced brewers here.
 
Welcome from Missouri!

BIAB is a great place to get into all grain. Lots of info in this forum.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forums/biab-brewing.244/

You can also brew really good beer with extract. Maybe we can help you figure out how to improve those brews that were not up to par. Do you keep notes on your brew day? What equipment are you using?

If you run into issues, post a question. Lots of great brewers on this site that are willing to help.
 
No notes were kept. I was using a 3 gallon ss pot on stove, a glass carboy and plastic fermentation bucket. Purchased a propane burner and larger ss pot and was looking into building a mask tun from a cooler and just stopped messing with it. That’s been 5+ years ago. I’m trying to decide on style that will fit into temp range in my house as I don’t currently have a temp controlled area. I will probably be 68-72ish degrees in a small closet I used before. I’m building a keezer soon, however it will have 2 sixtels in it with room for a corny later.
 
Welcome from Wisconsin. Once you decide how you want to brew, mash tun or biab look on Facebook marketplace for used equipment. Biab is an easy start into all grain and makes good beer
 
Nice. Someone from close by who can answer local questions. Where is the best place to buy craft brew kegs around here. Specs and Total wine don’t have a great selection and kool keg is not the cheapest. Looking for best of both worlds.
Those are the three places I was going to mention off the top of my head. Maybe Southside Cellar or Dr. Jeckyll's? Just guessing at those. I know Spec's will order in what you want, it could just take a while. Otherwise, I'm sure some of our local breweries will fill corny's/sell sixtels. I wish I had a better answer.
 
Welcome. All-grain is not actually difficult. It's just more work.

I agree that BIAB is the way to go. And forget the secondary. Ferment in a 6-gallon keg, and move to a 5-gallon keg. Makes brewing pretty easy for me.

If you really want to make life easy, chill in your swimming pool.
 
Welcome from the sometimes sunny San Francisco bay area. I am like you, I started with Extracts, moved to BIAB and was able to get the accountant (wife) to allow the purchase of a used All in One setup. I am keeping my BIAB setup because that was fun to do. I would say that is your next step into the All Grain world. Not a lot of equipment needed and you feel like you are doing all grain without the hassles of a huge output or a lot of equipment. Enjoy. And don't be afraid to ask questions. These folks Rock!!!!
 
Welcome. I lived in Arlington for 18 years, then sold and got out of the Metromess about 6 years ago. We were back in Arlington today for some personal business. SO happy we left there...
 
My name is Duane and I’m a father of three, married for 28 years. I have dabbled with brewing a few times in the past with mixed results. All extract brews. I want to learn how to brew good, all grain beer to enjoy with family and friends. About to build a keezer and figured it would be a good time to get back into brewing. I hope to learn a lot from all the more experienced brewers here.
Welcome aboard this crazy train. Just motor along with the rest of us down the tracks. Don't worry about the light at the end of the tunnel. That is just the train a'comin ready to shake up your world and get you to add more equipment and more bottles filling the fridge with homebrew.
 
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