Episode 002 - An Overview of Brewing Equipment - Part Two
An overview of additional brewing equipment in the Starter Kit Plus and Starter Kit Plus with Secondary Fermenter offered at Homebrewers.com.
Included in this homebrewing kit is a 6.5 gallon fermenting bucket with lid, 6.5 gallon bottling bucket with spigot, 3 piece airlock, One-Step no-rinse sanitizer, Siphon unit (racking cane, 4 ft. hose & spring less bottle filler), Crystal thermometer, Triple scale hydrometer, Bucket clip, Quality bottle capper, 50 Bottle Caps, Bottle brush, “Home Beer Making” book, Ingredient Kit and Step-by-step instructions.
Also, in the Starter Plus Kit you receive an auto-siphon, stainless steel spoon and John Palmer’s “How To Brew.” The Starter Plus with Secondary Kit also includes a five gallon better bottle plastic carboy.
William Holloway :
Date: October 9, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
You’re the first I’ve ever seen that recommended a plastic vessel for secondary. How in the heck do you clean this when you make a strong beer like a Belgian and you have lots of by products stuck the sides and bottom? I wouldn’t trust an oxygen based cleaner only and I know that a glass carboy brush is going to scratch the plastic. Second question.. how long do you tell people the plastic will last if they ask? I’ve never had a problem lifting or even dropping a glass carboy when I installed the orange metal carrier on top. I’ve always been told that plastic is good for primary but that glass is better for both primary and secondary if you have the extra founds. Keep up the good work of your basic videos.
Jose Gomez :
Date: September 5, 2010 @ 2:53 pm
Here in Mexico we buying 20 liter water bottles for each batch and then we use the emptied water bottle as a Carboy. Here the 20 liter bottles are returnable like coca cola bottles. Works great for us.