Hi, I'm Nick from Brewing TV and today I'm super excited to talk about the one,
the only, Brew Share Enjoy Starter Kit. It's going to have everything you need
to get started in your home brewing career. The most common question we get
is what the *bleep* is all this stuff? What is it, how do I use it, and why do I need
it? So today I'm going to walk you through an unboxing video. Alright first
things first. If you're intimidated, don't be. We're going to save the brewing for
later, we're going to show you what's in the box
and how you can use it. So the first few things you're going to see when you open
up this box are our beautiful Northern Brewer catalog which we put a lot of
time and effort into. Hope you enjoy reading it. And a Welcome Packet complete
with an inventory list for your brew share enjoy starter kit with some basic
instructions. A heartfelt welcome letter from Northern Brewer and the third
everything from starting your burner to bottling your beer. Finally, our wildly
popular Block Party Amber Ale. Alright, the next thing you'll find inside of
your box is super-exciting buckets. There are two, count them two, buckets in your
Brew Share Enjoy Starter Kit. The first one is the bottling bucket. This can be
identified by the small hole right here at the bottom. This is where you will afix
your bottling spigot. The second one is your primary fermenter or your
fermenting bucket. This is where the beer is actually going to age and ferment for
a couple of weeks. Please note there will be just one lid inside of your Brew Share
Enjoy Starter Kit. This is because only one is required for your primary
fermenter. When you open it up and you only see one, you think, man, I didn't get
all my stuff. Don't worry, you did. You only need one.
Next thing you're going to find in there is a 5-gallon stainless steel kettle.
It's just a basic 5 gallon stainless steel kettle but this guy is going to do
a great job for your first few batches of beer and honestly it can travel with
you throughout your brewing career. You're always going to need more hot
water while brewing and this guy can take care of that job. Your stainless
steel spoon is just a basic spoon. Nothing all that special
however this guy is going to come in really handy when you're trying to stir
four or five gallons of boiling liquid. Next enters the Rack Magic Auto Siphon.
Sorry, I did a video of that and I just can't help it saying it
over and over again; Rack Magic Auto Siphon. Now, as you can see, the seal is
very tight on these things which is actually a great thing but it might be a
little stiff and rigid when you first get it. But once you get it wet it will
slide right in. The Rack Magic Auto Siphon is one of the unsung heroes of
the home brewing world. Honestly, this guy is going to save you a ton of time and
heartache. All you need to do to get this guy to work correctly is stick this end
into the beer and put tubing on this end, lift up and give a quick pump down. The
flow should start immediately, runs into the second vessel and that's it, no
trouble. Like trying to start a manual siphon putting your lips on hose. Nothing
like that. Alright, so that was a spoon to talk about a spoon. Our
Fermenters Favorite bottling brush. Now I know it might look like a toilet brush
but it's not. I promise you this guy is going to be great for getting all the
gunk out of the nooks and crannies of your homebrew bottles. There's one more
item in here, this is the guts box. Yeah, we're done. Alright, so inside of this guy
can be a bunch of little gear that's going to help you along your way and as
always, a bunch of packing paper because we can't go anywhere without packing
paper. So most of the items that you're going to find in here are going to be
really essential on bottling day. Now on bottling day you're going to be done
with your primary fermentation which we'll cover later, but you're going to
take your bottling bucket (which is the bucket we discussed earlier) that is
ported right here and the first item you're going to find in here, the
bottling spigot will go right into this bottling bucket.
Simply remove the nut from the bottom of the spigot, remove one of the washers
attached to the spigot on the back side, attach one washer and screw on this nut.
Your bottling bucket is now fully assembled. The next thing you're going to find is your
siphon tubing. This guy's going to be used for a couple different purposes. One,
you'll attach your rack magic auto siphon. Another is it will attach right
to the bottom of this bottling spigot. In addition to this tubing,
you're going to find what's called the bottling wand. This bottling wand will
attach to the other end of your tubing and you will insert this bottling wand
into each bottle. All right, so next stuff out of this box you're going to find is
your airlock. The airlock goes on top of your fermenter while it's fermenting. It
inserts right into this bung on the top and the purpose of it is is to allow co2
that's being released from the beers that ferments inside the bucket without
letting anything gross and nasty back in. Right, so no yeast, bacteria, or
bellybutton lint. Nothing like that goes back in here. The
big thing here is you need to fill this guy up with water
up to this line right here on this max line. If you don't do that it will not
work. It will be moving, so do that please. Do that.
Like seriously, please, do that. The last pieces that we have inside of this
box go together. And they are bottle caps and a bottle
capper. These guys are very straightforward. You simply take one of these bottle caps,
attach it to this magnet, place on your standard pry off bottle. Ratchet down
and you're capped. Easy as that. Final piece, oxygen wash. Alright, you need to clean
everything your beer comes in contact with after the boil. Before the boil, no
problem. You have heat that will kill any yeast or bacteria. After the boil, you
don't. And the only yeast you want in your beer
is the yeast that you put into it. So everything that touches the beer from
the time it leaves the kettle needs to be cleaned with an oxygen wash like this
or several others on the market. Check northernbrewer.com for all the
options available. Thanks for checking out this video I know it seems like a
lot of stuff but let me assure you if you can boil water you can brew beer. On
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