Hi, I'm Mark Emiley on behalf of Expert Village.
In this next segment, we'll be covering some
of the more advanced or optional equipment
that you could be getting. Now, if you are
willing to spend a little bit more money up
front for some benefits in the long run, here
are some pieces of equipment that you are
going to grab. You're going to want to get
a carboy. In particular, you're going to want
to get at least a five-gallon size one and
then possible a six and a seven and a half
gallon sized one. They are better for the
fermentation as they don't scratch as easily
as plastic and they'll last pretty much forever.
Along with that you can grab a carboy handle
which makes it easy to pick up when it's empty;
don't use it when it's full. You could also
get a thermal strip which will help tell you
when you get to fermentation temperature.
For this, you are also going to need another
stopper and an airlock that's appropriately
sized for this. If you do grab a carboy, make
sure you grab a funnel so you can pour your
wort in nice and easily. This is a hydrometer,
it will help you figure out how much sugar
and then eventually, how much alcohol is in
your beer. It's a very handy tool. You're
going to want a nice thermometer so you can
measure the temperatures during the different
parts of your process. This is a carboy cleaning
brush which allows you to get inside there
and clean up some of the scum that will form.
This is a bottle washer which you can attach
to the bottom of your faucets with this special
little adapter. And it will make your bottle
washing a lot easier. And finally, for holding
grains and hops, we have some different sized
nylon grain bags which you could be using.
This one would be better for a bunch of grains,
this one you could do a lot of leaf hops in
or a small amount of grains. And this very,
very fine one you could actually do pellet
hops in. In the next segment, we are going
to talk about all the different kind of beer
styles that there are.
