Equipment needed for this course
Here is a list of the equipment needed for this course.
- Mesh grain bag
- Mesh hop bags (optional)
- One of the following primary fermentation vessels
- 6.5-gallon (25 liter) plastic bucket with lid
- 6.5-gallon (25 liter) glass or plastic carboy with stopper
- One of the following secondary fermentation vessels
- 5-gallon (19 liter) glass carboy with stopper
- 5-gallon (19 liter) plastic carboy with stopper
- Bottling bucket with spigot
- Auto-siphon with 5 feet (1.5 meters) of siphon tubing
- Bottling wand with 5 feet (1.5 meters) of tubing
- Three-piece airlock
- S-type airlock
- Hydrometer
- Hydrometer test tube and/or thief
- Bottle capper
- Bottle brush
- Carboy brush
- 52 bottle caps
- 52 clean beer bottles
You may already have these items at home. If not, you'll need to purchase these as well:
- Brew pot of at least 3-gallon (11 liter) capacity. The bigger the better!
- Large spoon
- Mesh strainer
- Large funnel
- Thermometer
- Small measuring cup (8-16 ounce/250-500 ml)