2006-10-13 11:11:40 · 7 answers · asked by Guy 29 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
You need a basic 5 gallon home brewing kit. They're available all over the internet, but in this particular case, take the time to find a good home brewing store (brick and mortar) in your area.
Most brew stores I've been to have proprietors who are VERY helpful and LOVE to talk about their craft. More than anything, their expertise will get you through your first batch. Once you've made one or two batches, you'll get the hang of it, but don't be surprised if your first few fail. Beermaking is an art AND a science.
2006-10-13 11:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by mrmatt1476 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Start up costs can get a bit high. If you got together with some buddies, split the costs, you can brew every weekend, and in about 6 weeks, you'll have a steady supply of beer, with new beers every week.
Bottles, kettles, heat-transfer tubing, caps, a capping machine, glass fermenter.......gets a bit pricey.
Every good town should have a home brew store, they can help out a lot. Those kits from wal-mart suck ballz, don't even try it.
Oh, I forgot, in the mean time, while you're waiting for your beer and to get everything going, start drinking out of bottles w/o screw caps. Wash then save the bottles. This will help the costs out a bunch.
If you don't want to bottle (by far the least pleasant step in brewing), you'll need a 5 gal keg and some CO2.
2006-10-13 11:23:37 · answer #2 · answered by Manny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" Third Edition (Harperresource Book) (Paperback)
by Charles Papazian
This is a great book for homebrewing. It is the classic text, as shown by the fact that it is now in a third edition.
You can find it at amazon, or many other bookstores, I'm sure.
Manny & MrMatt give good advice below. I'll second that bottling is the least favorite part. I save cheap champagne bottles with plastic corks. (Tell your friends and you can get a bunch at New Year's!) They work great, the bottle is heavy and can handle any pressure, and you can sanitize and reuse the corks. If you go totally that route, you won't have to by a capper. Plus you need fewer bottles to put up a batch, but of course you have more to drink when you open it. But I never found that to be a problem ;-)
2006-10-13 11:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by terraform_mars 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you have to have a fermenter. my neighbor makes his own beer and he has this giant pot that he mixes the beer in and then lets it ferment.
2006-10-13 11:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best to get one of the kits which has all the stuff and the instructions!
2006-10-13 11:14:29 · answer #5 · answered by george w 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Check this site out. It will get you hooked up.
www.northernbrewer.com
2006-10-13 12:54:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you need a license
2006-10-13 11:14:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋