Hi people,
Some of you might know me from such escapades as 'I just 1lb of hops in a 1 gallon batch' and 'I used 1lb of wheatbarley!'... or even 'I just bottled my batch as soon as it started primary fermentation will it explode?'
Well now I'm here to do it properly.
No more gimmicks, no more stupidity; I'm buying the correct equipment and ingredients and starting off with an extract brew. So I need your help to make this work! I've read all the right literature and understand now how the process works and know what to do, I just need a little guidance along the way.
Firstly, I need help with selecting my equipment.
On thursday I have a cornelius keg, co2 bottle, regulator, beer line, and two chrome through-door beer taps arriving for my kegerator build (I already got a fridge on ebay for 5$ which is about 10 US Dollars).
So, I plan to keg my first batch and have it on tap.
At the moment I have no brewing equipment whatsoever.
Here's my shopping list so far:
* 1x 5 gallon cooking pot for boiling wort
* 1x fermentation bucket with airlock
* steriliser
* paddle or other stirring utensil
* syphon
* hop bag
* thermometers
* ingredients for first brew
Is there anything I've missed?
Can anyone recommend a extract based sweet pale ale recipe for my first brew? Actually I'm happy to go all-grain if it's going to mean a better finished product.
H
EDIT: ARGH clicked new thread in the wrong window! Can a mod please move this to the beginner's forum! Thanks!
Some of you might know me from such escapades as 'I just 1lb of hops in a 1 gallon batch' and 'I used 1lb of wheatbarley!'... or even 'I just bottled my batch as soon as it started primary fermentation will it explode?'
Well now I'm here to do it properly.
No more gimmicks, no more stupidity; I'm buying the correct equipment and ingredients and starting off with an extract brew. So I need your help to make this work! I've read all the right literature and understand now how the process works and know what to do, I just need a little guidance along the way.
Firstly, I need help with selecting my equipment.
On thursday I have a cornelius keg, co2 bottle, regulator, beer line, and two chrome through-door beer taps arriving for my kegerator build (I already got a fridge on ebay for 5$ which is about 10 US Dollars).
So, I plan to keg my first batch and have it on tap.
At the moment I have no brewing equipment whatsoever.
Here's my shopping list so far:
* 1x 5 gallon cooking pot for boiling wort
* 1x fermentation bucket with airlock
* steriliser
* paddle or other stirring utensil
* syphon
* hop bag
* thermometers
* ingredients for first brew
Is there anything I've missed?
Can anyone recommend a extract based sweet pale ale recipe for my first brew? Actually I'm happy to go all-grain if it's going to mean a better finished product.
H
EDIT: ARGH clicked new thread in the wrong window! Can a mod please move this to the beginner's forum! Thanks!