New Brewer In South Florida

[FordForever]

Hey everyone! I have been lurking around here for quite some time and decided to jump in and start socializing. Names John and I am a graphic designer/web developer from South Florida, US of course.

I decided to start brewing when I seen a Mr. Beer kit on a website. A quick google search brought me here where I learned that after just a few batches on the Mr Beer most people were upgrading to a real kit. I went ahead and purchased the kit shown below on amazon! (I will provide the link upon request so that this does not look like spam).

This weekend I plan to head out to my LHBS to get ingredients for my first batch. I have already learned a lot from reading here and I am looking forward to brewing my own style. I guess the next thing is to find an easy ingredient kit! Let me know if you see anything missing that I should pick up!

Had this delivered to my house this morning:

Kit Includes:
Predrilled ferment bucket with lid
spigot
cane
8 packet of C-brite
booklet,
bottle capper tool
3 piece airlock
Glass Hydrometer
bottle brush
Glass Internal Concave ribbed 6 Gallon Carboy & Bung/Drilled #6 stopper temp. test strip

 

[vitalbrew]

Hello! Good call on going for the 5 gallon set up. I did the same. I might be wrong but it doesn't look like this has a bottling wand. They are cheap, and I would definitely pick one up if it didn't come with. Makes bottling more fun IMHO. You might also want a tube to use for taking your hydrometer readings. Otherwise you should be fine. Believe me, you will enjoy it!

 

[SarahMatt]

Hi John!
Is your LHBS the Beer Depot in Lake Worth? If so, they're awesome; if not, they're AWESOME and they should be!!
They have happy hour on Friday evenings and classes pretty regularly.
I'm in Boynton and am on batch #8 (since May). Temperature can be an issue here in SoFla and patience is the bane of my existence!!
Good luck and hope to run into you at the Depot!
Sarah.

 

[FordForever]

Thanks for the warm welcome. My LHBS is in fact the BX Beer Depot in lake worth. I work in boynton and live in jupiter and I am planning on stopping by to get ingredients for my first brew this weekend.

The kit came with a 12 inch tube that has a spring loaded valve on the end, is that the bottling wand?

 

[vitalbrew]

Yes, that sounds like a bottling wand. They work really well. In just a few weeks you'll get to fire it up!