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Hats off to you homebrewers, Dudes! A very worthy achievement!
Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I am interested in home brewing as well and just saw this thread. I haven't actually done any yet, beyond research into the different methods and batch sizes. I will probably eventually start out with extract brewing. This seems like a good beginner starting point. It seems like the Brew Demon brand conical fermenter (https://www.brewdemon.com/) is most appealing to me personally so far in my research. They have a helpful forum for brewers of all skills and will give you a discount if you are a member. Plus, I am pretty sure you can brew Mr Beer kits in it too which are pretty common. Anybody interested can let me know me or whatever. I don't think I need to really elaborate any more unless someone is interested. (Please note: This is not an affiliate program or whatever. I gain nothing in sharing this knowledge about the discount other than helping out my fellow Dudes. Just thought I'd pass it along to you Dudes if anybody is interested in this particular brand of equipment/kit.)
I'm going to do some micro brewing this summer. Right now I'm reading up on it.
Quote from: Patrico on July 18, 2014, 08:26:12 AMSorry to resurrect an old thread but I am interested in home brewing as well and just saw this thread. I haven't actually done any yet, beyond research into the different methods and batch sizes. I will probably eventually start out with extract brewing. This seems like a good beginner starting point. It seems like the Brew Demon brand conical fermenter (https://www.brewdemon.com/) is most appealing to me personally so far in my research. They have a helpful forum for brewers of all skills and will give you a discount if you are a member. Plus, I am pretty sure you can brew Mr Beer kits in it too which are pretty common. Anybody interested can let me know me or whatever. I don't think I need to really elaborate any more unless someone is interested. (Please note: This is not an affiliate program or whatever. I gain nothing in sharing this knowledge about the discount other than helping out my fellow Dudes. Just thought I'd pass it along to you Dudes if anybody is interested in this particular brand of equipment/kit.)Canada's top home brewery (who wins every competition in the country) said in an interview that money should be spent on temperature control before anything else - it's his "trade secret". Yeast behave differently at different temps, so if you want to emulate commercial brands, or at the least - nail the BJCP guidelines, ya gotta control temperature to within a couple of degrees.Also, you'll likely want to move to 5 gallons batches after a few brews with that system. Happened to me with the "Mr. Beer" kit I started with a few years ago. I'm now doing double 5 gallon batches from scratch. (I.e. whole grain.) It won't take you long to get into it when you taste your own homebrew.
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