I've brewed and bottled twice before, but both was from a kit I bought from celler-homebrew.com and this mini-brewery, The Cellar Homebrew :: Brewing :: Home Breweries / Beginner Beer Making Kit :: Original Cellar Mini-Brewery
Those kits are ok, the beer tastes good, but I want to brew from scratch. Those kits come with a can containing a very thick liquid. I can't remember what that is now, but again I want to brew from scratch and make everything, no canned stuff. Unless perhaps that's the way it's actually done. ??
Also, I'm wanting to keg it instead of bottling. So here's the questions I have.
Is that mini-brewery good enough or is there a better alternative? Or does it even matter how it's done?
With my last batch I had to dump it because it saw that water was gathering on my stoves vent hood and dripping back into the pot. So I'd rather go with the propane burner. Is there a specific type that's recommended or will one of those turkey fryers do the job?
Ingredients... Where is the best place to buy them?
Kegs... Where do you get these and how different is this method than bottling?
Sediment... How do you get rid of it? I've used fermenters and secondaries, but still ended up with sediment in the bottles. Am I doing something wrong or is that just the way it is with home brews?
Thanks in advance.
Those kits are ok, the beer tastes good, but I want to brew from scratch. Those kits come with a can containing a very thick liquid. I can't remember what that is now, but again I want to brew from scratch and make everything, no canned stuff. Unless perhaps that's the way it's actually done. ??
Also, I'm wanting to keg it instead of bottling. So here's the questions I have.
Is that mini-brewery good enough or is there a better alternative? Or does it even matter how it's done?
With my last batch I had to dump it because it saw that water was gathering on my stoves vent hood and dripping back into the pot. So I'd rather go with the propane burner. Is there a specific type that's recommended or will one of those turkey fryers do the job?
Ingredients... Where is the best place to buy them?
Kegs... Where do you get these and how different is this method than bottling?
Sediment... How do you get rid of it? I've used fermenters and secondaries, but still ended up with sediment in the bottles. Am I doing something wrong or is that just the way it is with home brews?
Thanks in advance.