nootay
Well-Known Member
Ive been making wine for about 4 years. A buddy of mine started making beer recently, and since i already have a lot of the equipment that i would need, i figure i might as well start too! The part i hate the most about making wine is the bottling process, so im opting to make a kegerator and keg beer. Im getting ready to order the additional equipment i need and thought i would see if i need anything else.
Here is what i already have:
2 5 gallon soda kegs
several 8 gallon primary fermenters
6 5 gallon carboys
racking equipment
cleaning/sanitizing equipment
propane burner
spoon
wine whip/degasser (from what ive read i dont believe i need this in beer brewing)
bungs/airlock
hydrometer
thermometer
What i think i need:
wort chiller
10 gallon megapot - i dont plan on getting the one with the valve on it unless it makes this process a lot easier
fridge kegerator conversion kits
new orings for soda kegs
i think thats it? anything else you can think of?
for sanitizing ive always used potassium metabisulfite with my winemaking equipment and have never had any issues. From reading on this forum, it doesnt seem like many people use that here, any reason why?
also a question about the primary fermenting process. It seems like a lot of people use liquid yeast or go through the process of reanimating the yeast. With wine, once its down to the right temperature and the hydrometer reads correctly, i stir it up pretty good and while its still swirling, sprinkle the yeast on top. Ive never had any issues with doing this and always get fermentation within 8-12 hours. Any reason this wont work in beer brewing?
This is my first post of probably many here so glad to be part of the community!
Thanks
Adam
Here is what i already have:
2 5 gallon soda kegs
several 8 gallon primary fermenters
6 5 gallon carboys
racking equipment
cleaning/sanitizing equipment
propane burner
spoon
wine whip/degasser (from what ive read i dont believe i need this in beer brewing)
bungs/airlock
hydrometer
thermometer
What i think i need:
wort chiller
10 gallon megapot - i dont plan on getting the one with the valve on it unless it makes this process a lot easier
fridge kegerator conversion kits
new orings for soda kegs
i think thats it? anything else you can think of?
for sanitizing ive always used potassium metabisulfite with my winemaking equipment and have never had any issues. From reading on this forum, it doesnt seem like many people use that here, any reason why?
also a question about the primary fermenting process. It seems like a lot of people use liquid yeast or go through the process of reanimating the yeast. With wine, once its down to the right temperature and the hydrometer reads correctly, i stir it up pretty good and while its still swirling, sprinkle the yeast on top. Ive never had any issues with doing this and always get fermentation within 8-12 hours. Any reason this wont work in beer brewing?
This is my first post of probably many here so glad to be part of the community!
Thanks
Adam