+3 for the step bit you might get away with the paddel bit or hole saw but you risk oblonging the hole or it grabbing and cracking the plastic

Wow nice i keep hearing that you never go back after kegeing. Do you have to wire in a different thermostat? I get bottles for 10 bucks a case and i thought that was to expensive i guess thats cheap.

What do you guys prefer who use coolers for mashing stainless braid or copper, cpvc,pex bottom im going to make a mash lauter tun

Thanks guys. Sorry for the noob questions i should of did more reading before jumping in with both feet. Thats were im at now reading like crazy and writing everything down.

Thanks its slightly over four gallons before i bought a kit and jumped right in i boiled about three gallons of water with the LME,DME,dextrose and it had a bag of speciality grains i steeped before the boil after i boiled it off i added it to the rest of the five gallons of water i had prepared...

I am brewing a Belgian tripel not realizing boil off my first beer has a higher gravity than intended its a kit and has a pre determined sugar pack will it affect my bottleing having to much or not enough carbonation if i dont adjust the sugar when bottling?

New to brewing and the site. I hope to learn alot and make some great beer.