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[azza]

brewing virgin... just got my first kit today. looking to brew many belgian and wheat beers!

Got a basic set-up so far of one primary fermenter and one secondary.

One thing i'm not sure on is keeping my fermenter at a set temp. any suggestions on thermal belts/electric blankets ect

 

[Kyral210]

Congratulations! May I suggest these fine Kits as a great start to brewing!

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As its summer, you don't need to worry about heater belts and things at your stage, but it will come in time.

 

[Wendy1971]

hi and welcome to the forum :thumb:

 

[Kyral210]

Congratulations! May I suggest these fine Kits as a great start to brewing!

This post has been edited by THBF admin team For reasons that are explained here and will not be discussed further, but if you want to post links to the same kits from another retailer feel free

As its summer, you don't need to worry about heater belts and things at your stage, but it will come in time.

WHAT! Not allowed to comment on Brew It Yourself? What is crazy. I know I waited 2 MONTHS for a delivery once, but then I have also had very speedy good deliveries in the past too. Nevermind, if they are scared of negative feedback they shouldn't be censoring comments, they should be giving good service.

Here are some alternative links:

Belgium Abbey Beer
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/beerkits/ ... bbery.html
made with:
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/ingredien ... 00grm.html

Any of the Beers of the World range
http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/beerkits/brupak.html

 

[stevander74]

Hi Azza, welcome to the forum.
Ive been kit brewing for almost a year now(i think). I havent done any wheat beers cause there not my thing but I can highly recommend Brewferms range of belgian style beer kits, particularly their Abdij(abbey) and Diablo.
As for temp control, i use a vivarium heat mat under my fv which holds 23litres between 20 - 22 degreesC but its not thermostatically controlled. A popular method of temp control is using a fish tank heater. These are temp contolled, go straight into the wort(beer) and are relatively cheap. From what ive read brewbelts ane not temp controlled and so can overheat unless controlled by a seperate thermostat.
Hope this helps and good luck with the brewing. :

 

[luckyeddie]

Another vote here for Brewferm kits (better than any other kits on the market in my humble opinion) - it was the fantastic quality of those that actually made me take the leap into all-grain brewing. I had been doing kits and extracts off and on for 35 years, then I started brewing Brewferm kits. I was staggered at the improvement in quality, but rather than stop there, I thought "well, if a kit can taste like that, I wonder how much room for further improvement is there if I go all-grain and concentrate on Belgian Trappist beers".

The answer, amazingly, is 'lots'. I am currently (well, not at this precise moment - I'd spill it on my laptop) drinking a Belgian Trappist style beer that I can honestly say is the finest beer I have ever tasted.

I would certainly get a brewing pad/mat or a brewbelt even now, especially with you looking to specialise in Belgian beers. You will possibly want to start their fermentation off at about 18-20C and then gradually crank the temperature up.

 

[azza]

Another vote here for Brewferm kits (better than any other kits on the market in my humble opinion) - it was the fantastic quality of those that actually made me take the leap into all-grain brewing. I had been doing kits and extracts off and on for 35 years, then I started brewing Brewferm kits. I was staggered at the improvement in quality, but rather than stop there, I thought "well, if a kit can taste like that, I wonder how much room for further improvement is there if I go all-grain and concentrate on Belgian Trappist beers".

The answer, amazingly, is 'lots'. I am currently (well, not at this precise moment - I'd spill it on my laptop) drinking a Belgian Trappist style beer that I can honestly say is the finest beer I have ever tasted.

I would certainly get a brewing pad/mat or a brewbelt even now, especially with you looking to specialise in Belgian beers. You will possibly want to start their fermentation off at about 18-20C and then gradually crank the temperature up.

Got a Brewferm Diablo onthe go at the moment :thumb:

Any suggestions on brands/types of thermal belts/mats? I'll pick one up before i get the next brew on the go!

 

[golder247]

Wow you guys are serious brewers! Azza, if I was wearing a hat I would take it off to you starting straight in with the bigboys. I have restricted myself to the standard tins of malt etc kits and wine. Just don't wanna get into that steep a learning curve just yet, very interested in seeing how you get on with that.

I have heard about the fishtanks heaters being a good choice too, they are pretty cheap and will surely do the job (may be investing in the winter)

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legal action for a comment?!? Did anybody see the dummy hit the ground after it was spat out... maybe if it was dunked in some lovely beer it would be inclined to stay in. Kyral is right. Not that anything negative is being said against the moderators, What ya gonna do?.