Brewing day
- Sanitizer - To sanitize all of your equipment.
- 6 gallon fermenter - For primary fermentation.
- Funnel or Hose - To transfer from the brew kettle to the fermenter (pour or siphon)
- +3 gallon brew kettle - For boiling the mixture and making wort
- Thermometer - To monitor the temperature of the wort
- Hydrometer - To test the original gravity of your batch
Transferring day
- Sanitizer - To sanitize all of your equipment
- 5 gallon fermenter - For secondary fermentation
- Siphon tubing - To siphon the beer from your primary fermenter to your secondary
- Fermenter airlock - To lock oxygen out of fermenter while allowing other gases exit
Bottling day
- Sanitizer - To sanitize all equipment and bottles
- Bottles/caps - Make sure they are not twist-off bottles
- Bottle capper - How else did you expect the caps to get on?
- Siphon tubing - To siphon beer from fermenter to bottles
- Thermometer - To check temperature when recording final gravity
- Hydrometer - To measure the final gravity
- Priming sugar - Used to carbonate the beer while in the bottle
Nice to haves
- Auto siphon - This will make siphoning a breeze
- Bottling stick - This allows you to easily control the flow while bottling
Am I missing any must-haves?