TimXJR1300
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I have been researching or possibly over-thinking my re-entry into the home brewing circle.
Many years ago, lest millennia somewhere I made some beer using a process that involved boiling things and making the house smell much better than the wet dog in the kitchen.
I recall a big bucket with a lid and lost and lots of Whitbread 2 pint bottles that had screw corks.
Moving back to today, I'm going to start again but have decided to go for a more gentle - kit based re-introduction. It seems beer brewing is big business and I guess I'm looking for hints and tips.
I've read the brewing guide on this site and am now contemplating the equipment itself.
Clearly a FV is needed but there are simple lidded buckets, buckets with bubble traps and buckets with bubble traps a taps (for putting a bottling tube onto) and then there's the Coopers funky bucket with a collar and no bubble trap.
For my own purposes, I will probably want to start with bottles rather than a pressurised barrel, its a portability thing.
Finally will be brewing in the garage so some form of heating will be required - not really a fishy thermostatic heater at least not initially.
The question then is are there any recommendations for a set up where I will be starting with beer kits, brewing in a garage and bottling the result.
My current thinking is an FV with a bubble trap and a tap, a bottling gizmo for plastic bottles, hydrometer, thermometer strips and belt heater.
Many years ago, lest millennia somewhere I made some beer using a process that involved boiling things and making the house smell much better than the wet dog in the kitchen.
I recall a big bucket with a lid and lost and lots of Whitbread 2 pint bottles that had screw corks.
Moving back to today, I'm going to start again but have decided to go for a more gentle - kit based re-introduction. It seems beer brewing is big business and I guess I'm looking for hints and tips.
I've read the brewing guide on this site and am now contemplating the equipment itself.
Clearly a FV is needed but there are simple lidded buckets, buckets with bubble traps and buckets with bubble traps a taps (for putting a bottling tube onto) and then there's the Coopers funky bucket with a collar and no bubble trap.
For my own purposes, I will probably want to start with bottles rather than a pressurised barrel, its a portability thing.
Finally will be brewing in the garage so some form of heating will be required - not really a fishy thermostatic heater at least not initially.
The question then is are there any recommendations for a set up where I will be starting with beer kits, brewing in a garage and bottling the result.
My current thinking is an FV with a bubble trap and a tap, a bottling gizmo for plastic bottles, hydrometer, thermometer strips and belt heater.
