New Brewer som Assistance Please
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 12:33 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 12:43 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 12:43 PM
That will definitely get you started. That pot should be a good size for a kettle, 32qts is 8 gallons so that will give you additional head space during the boil to help prevent boil-overs. I started out with a 30qt and it was fine, so 32 would be even better.As for the recipe, I would suggest to keep your first few one something straight forward and simple. Like a Pale Ale, or a Red or something like that. But if you want to do that watermelon ale, that is a wheat ale and you can expect to have big krausen production, and might want to consider getting a blow-off tube instead of an airlock so you don't end up cleaning beer off your ceiling, wall, carpet, etc. as the wheat beers tend to go a little crazy the first couple of days of fermentation.Best advice I can give, is to expect bumps in the road but don't get discouraged. It is a great hobby that provides a great end result. Plus you came to the right place, all the guys here are great at helping out with problems.Hello All; I am new to this whole home brewing concept.....I have tried home brew in the past and some tasted good and some tasted like pretty darned bad......I was recently sent a catalog from Williams home brewing and they were advertising the following set up.....https://www.williams...T_P2355C257.cfmLooking at it it seems to have everything one needs minus bottles which I am planning to recycle some Michelob pry off's from the wheat sampler I have.....The questions I have are is this a good first set up? If there was one thing that should be changed what would it be (bigger pot?) and was thinking either the summer ale or watermelon ale for a first brew.Any help is greatly appreciated.. Ron
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 01:40 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 02:07 PM
I too would suggest a very simple recipe. Don't know what's all in your summer ale there but may I suggest a blonde, pale, or cream ale as your first batch? You have to work at it to screw these up!Brew on!and was thinking either the summer ale or watermelon ale for a first brew.Any help is greatly appreciated.. Ron
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 02:20 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 02:47 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 03:14 PM
Edited by dj in kc, 20 April 2009 - 03:18 PM.
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 03:51 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 04:24 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 05:47 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 07:47 PM
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Posted 20 April 2009 - 09:49 PM
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Posted 21 April 2009 - 04:04 PM
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Posted 22 April 2009 - 07:40 AM
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Posted 22 April 2009 - 07:56 AM
+1 Ghetto brewing!!! That setup looks like a good middle of the pack place to start man, I'd add a better bottle or carboy later and a mashtun later.....etc. It's a good place to begin cobbling a system together!here's my system man, it's basically a couple bits more than what you are getting from the above link....cobbled my system together from there.Welcome to the board.
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