robc311
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I'm just getting back into brewing after a 10 year hiatus and this time I plan to be more serious about it. I've been reading many forums over the past few weeks to get up to speed and I currently have my first post-hiatus batch in secondary. With the holidays coming I figured it's a good time to think about which equipment I want to invest in next (or receive as gifts
).
Here's what I have so far:
2-Plastic fermentation buckets
1-Bottling bucket
1-Glass carboy
1-Sanitizing bucket
1-Brewing kettle (stove top)
1-Smaller kettle (currently plan to use for partial mashing)
Additional basics like a hydrometer, spoon, sanitizer, airlocks, capper, autosiphon, tubing...etc. I also have 24 one liter bottles with flip caps.
I have a Danby kegerator that has a 1 tap tower (2.5") but I just got a 2 tap tower (3") from MicroMatic that I plan to install in the next few days. I also have 2 corny kegs that I plan to use in the kegerator. The tower and kegs were birthday presents from someone who obviously knows me well. I also have a Best Buy gift card heading my way (another birthday gift) and I plan to pick up a chest freezer with it so I can better control fermentation temps. I still need to pick up the temperature control unit to use with it.
What should I get next? I don't have a yeast starter kit so that's definitely the next thing I plan to buy. Back when I was brewing 10 years ago all I used was dry yeast so the whole starter thing is new for me. Like I said earlier, I need the temp control unit for the fermentation chamber as well. What else should I consider. What makes the most sense? My goal is to continue with extracts with some specialty grains and partial mash recipes for a while. I want to have 2 kegs on tap as much as possible and some bottles filled as well. I'm guessing a couple more kegs would be smart too. Let me know what you think! Thanks.
BTW...I have learned that racking to secondary is mostly out of style these days and the only reason I did it with my current batch is because I fermented in a bucket with a spigot and it started leaking a little so I moved it to my carboy at the end of week 2. I'd prefer not to have to use the carboy that much if possible.
Here's what I have so far:
2-Plastic fermentation buckets
1-Bottling bucket
1-Glass carboy
1-Sanitizing bucket
1-Brewing kettle (stove top)
1-Smaller kettle (currently plan to use for partial mashing)
Additional basics like a hydrometer, spoon, sanitizer, airlocks, capper, autosiphon, tubing...etc. I also have 24 one liter bottles with flip caps.
I have a Danby kegerator that has a 1 tap tower (2.5") but I just got a 2 tap tower (3") from MicroMatic that I plan to install in the next few days. I also have 2 corny kegs that I plan to use in the kegerator. The tower and kegs were birthday presents from someone who obviously knows me well. I also have a Best Buy gift card heading my way (another birthday gift) and I plan to pick up a chest freezer with it so I can better control fermentation temps. I still need to pick up the temperature control unit to use with it.
What should I get next? I don't have a yeast starter kit so that's definitely the next thing I plan to buy. Back when I was brewing 10 years ago all I used was dry yeast so the whole starter thing is new for me. Like I said earlier, I need the temp control unit for the fermentation chamber as well. What else should I consider. What makes the most sense? My goal is to continue with extracts with some specialty grains and partial mash recipes for a while. I want to have 2 kegs on tap as much as possible and some bottles filled as well. I'm guessing a couple more kegs would be smart too. Let me know what you think! Thanks.
BTW...I have learned that racking to secondary is mostly out of style these days and the only reason I did it with my current batch is because I fermented in a bucket with a spigot and it started leaking a little so I moved it to my carboy at the end of week 2. I'd prefer not to have to use the carboy that much if possible.