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Craft Beer & Brewing

Equipment needed for this course

Here is a list of the equipment needed for this course. 

  1. Mesh grain bag
  2. Mesh hop bags (optional)
  3. 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
  4. One of the following secondary fermentation vessels
    • 5-gallon (19 liter) glass carboy with stopper
    • 5-gallon (19 liter) plastic carboy with stopper
  5. Bottling bucket with spigot
  6. Auto-siphon with 5 feet (1.5 meters) of siphon tubing
  7. Bottling wand with 5 feet (1.5 meters) of tubing
  8. Three-piece airlock
  9. S-type airlock
  10. Hydrometer
  11. Hydrometer test tube and/or thief
  12. Bottle capper
  13. Bottle brush
  14. Carboy brush
  15. 52 bottle caps
  16. 52 clean beer bottles

You may already have these items at home. If not, you'll need to purchase these as well:

  1. Brew pot of at least 3-gallon (11 liter) capacity. The bigger the better!
  2. Large spoon
  3. Mesh strainer
  4. Large funnel
  5. Thermometer
  6. Small measuring cup (8-16 ounce/250-500 ml)