I'd like to do all grain, I do plan on purchasing a 6 gallon stock pot and some brew bags. starting out with very simple equipment but I have my eye on some brew kettles in the future. I plan to bottle and cap everything as i dont have Kegs yet (anouther futur purchase I'm looking into) I'm not opposed to using extracts and I'm always willing to experiment.Welcome @DungeonMaster81 , Just wondering, what type of recipes are you looking for? By that I mean will you be brewing using "extracts" or "all grain"?. You can also use a combnation of those. You can convert one to the other but it's wise to use a recipe that has been developed for the style of brewing you chose, at least in the beginning. The equipment that you have also determins batch size to a point.
Best of luck & cheers,
Joel B.
Thank you so much for Pointing me in the right direction and Advice.Sounds good. While some will disagree, I feel a new brewer should start with an extract kit or 3. The kits today are pretty good and it's hard to mess that part up. There is lot's of things that affect your beer quality that is important, not just how you make wort. You can make some very drinkable beer with extract and some steeping grains with minimal equipment to start and always build from there.
What ever path you chose, read until your eyes hurt. (LOL) This forum has good people and mostly sound advice, don't be afraid to ask questions. If you have a local home brew store, give them your biz and they too can be very helpful.
As far as bottling goes, I still do as do many others. I use every thing from the 1/2L soda pop bottles, 12oz, 16oz crown cap bottles and 750ml swing tops. The pet bottles are great to check the progressing carb levels with out opening bottles prematurely.
Cheers,
Joel B.
How did your brew day go and which kit did you use?Brewing / Fermintation area cleaned and orginized. need to make a curtain. nut I'm happy with the current setup.
I havn't brewed the kits yet House work has put a delay in brewing. I plan to do the white house honey ale kit first. I'll definatly keep you posted for sure, I did Rack my banana wine last week it's close to 17% ABV, I also checked my Ginger Beer it's at 4.99% ABV, and My first Meade is at 16.5%. Yesterday I made Homemade Ginger Ale using a ginger bug. So while I havn't got to the kits yet I have been Dabbling in my other brews, and I'll keep everyone posted on how things are going.How did your brew day go and which kit did you use?
Thanks for to Advice already talked to the wife about picking up Some Tubbing to do Just that.Should be good. It's creating CO2 and expelling that gas so chances are nothing getting in.
Just a suggestion, I'd use a blow off tube on that set-up. Try to find a hunk of tubing that fits snugly into the neck of your carboy, probably 1" ID x 36". The free end into a jug/jar with sanitizer/vodka covering the open end. After the foam drops like it has in the photo you can go back to a setup like you started with here.
Cheers,
Joel B.
Bottling Day For the Honey Ale Yeah! This Kit was Awesome and tastes so good I will be ordering it again.
I might pair this with Honey BBQ Rib Sandwitchright on, what's the pairing choice? juding from the glass, sliders i'm thinking?
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