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Hi all,
As I'm starting my brewing journey I'm looking at the kit that I need. My plan is to start with some beer kits and once I'm familiar with sanitation, fermentation and bottling start stepping up my game to do all grain brews.
I have few questions now that I'm looking to get my first starter kit:
-Is a 30L fermenter too big to start with? I see most of the kits are 40 pints so I guess this is the most standard but looking at the amount of beer I drink, it will take me quite some time to drink those 40 pints. The other logistic problem I see is that when I step up into all grain I will need a huge pot to make the beer wort.
-Will fermenting a small batch, let's say 12L in a fermenter of around 30L be detrimental to the beer? Or I can confortably brew there small batches?
-One of my favourite starter kits has a brew belt, is it necessary at this point? I'm planning to place the fermenter in the garage (I have a toddler in the house and a wife that is obsessed with things being tidy so having the fermenter at the house is a no) and that makes me think that some temperature control will be good as it can still get cold in Yorkshire (even in the summer!).
thanks!![beer :beer1: :beer1:](https://www.world-of-smilies.com/wos_essen/nahrung004.gif)
As I'm starting my brewing journey I'm looking at the kit that I need. My plan is to start with some beer kits and once I'm familiar with sanitation, fermentation and bottling start stepping up my game to do all grain brews.
I have few questions now that I'm looking to get my first starter kit:
-Is a 30L fermenter too big to start with? I see most of the kits are 40 pints so I guess this is the most standard but looking at the amount of beer I drink, it will take me quite some time to drink those 40 pints. The other logistic problem I see is that when I step up into all grain I will need a huge pot to make the beer wort.
-Will fermenting a small batch, let's say 12L in a fermenter of around 30L be detrimental to the beer? Or I can confortably brew there small batches?
-One of my favourite starter kits has a brew belt, is it necessary at this point? I'm planning to place the fermenter in the garage (I have a toddler in the house and a wife that is obsessed with things being tidy so having the fermenter at the house is a no) and that makes me think that some temperature control will be good as it can still get cold in Yorkshire (even in the summer!).
thanks!
![beer :beer1: :beer1:](https://www.world-of-smilies.com/wos_essen/nahrung004.gif)