This is a good kit for homebrew?

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Iamnoone

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this is my first time for homebrew beer.I need your help and advice. Now
i need a kit for himebrew.Has anyone of u have experience with this
Homebrew Beer Kit?
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How about its performance?Is it good? Any other better options? Thx in
advance!




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lilycheese
 
lilycheese;1587033 Wrote:

You can save a lot of money if you already have a large stainless or
ceramic stock pot. Don't ever use aluminum to brew. Trust me here. The
carboy, w/handle, bottle/carboy washer, are about $20 and I can get
sealed food grade plastic buckets for free. After that, all you need is
a long plastic tube for siphoning and a fermentation lock (rubber cork
fitted for carboy and a plastic "bubbler" that fits in it.) I bet you
can make that kit for 40-50 bucks, 65 with ingredients for the first
batch.

It is convenient to just buy the kit (it will make decent beer). Make no
mistake, though, the quality of beer has much more to do with
ingredients than with the hardware you use. Don't go the corn sugar
method. Pasy the extra five bucks for good malt and decent yeast. Hops
can be found for cheap. Grow your own if you get into it.

Just saying I put my money into the ingredients rather than the hardware
end.

You can make beer that is as good any you could purchase a ta store
right in your own crib.

Remember though, lagers need refrigeration or a lauter tun. If you're an
ale lover (stouts, browns and bitters) you'll have a great time. Lagers
just need cooler love is all.

If and when you do get into it, look to Northwestern malt if you go
extract. Go local if you go whole grain, or try DeWoelf- Cosins from
Belgium. I go whole malt at times, but am happy with stouts and browns
(and some styles that no longer exist) with part extract, with some
grains added in for flavor.




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Gorio
 
In article , Gorio.7b2bfa8.103818
@foodbanter.com says...

I cheaped out on the gear too and lot's of my friends are brewers, in
fact I am in a club. Anyway, some of the guys have some real fancy gear
but it's not necessary. The only real issue most folks have shy of
boiling over their first batch is not being clean. Clean is the key,
everything needs to be sterilized with bleach before and during use.
Other than that if you follow directions well, you should not have too
many problems..

For brewing I bought

A 6 gallon food grade plastic bucket with top piece and I am having a
brain fart, and can't remember what it's called, but it keeps air from
getting back into the carboy while the stuff is working... $12

A second 5 gallon for racking the beer before brewing. (this is
transferring the beer after the first fermentation to separate the dead
yeast off). $12

A floating thermometer $10

A good long spoon for stirring $5

A 20 quart or bigger pot ( you do not need to cook all five gallons of
water for a five gallon batch, usually two will do. When it's cooked,
you strain and add the cold water to help get your brew down to a temp
you can add the yeast at without killing it). $0.00 (had one)

A case of long neck bottles, a bag of caps, and a ten dollar capper...
$30

And I spent the 15 bucks for the combination siphon, bottle filler tool.

A good bottle brush. $5

And a bottle of bleach for cleaning... $0 had it too.


And as to the "massive problems" that can occur, 99.9% can be avoided by
paying attention to the two top rules of making beer

1) Keep it sterile
2) Do it again...

Anyway, good luck, it's fun..
 
On Mar 1, 12:49?am, lilycheese wrote:

I never heard of that place, but it looks like they use the Williams
Brewing how-to book. Williams Brewing has been around for decades, and
my friend Bob has made many batches from what he has ordered from
them. I would start with one of these:

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/BASIC-HOME-BREWERY-C73.aspx

Instead of buying bottles by mail, try drinking a couple of cases of
some imported beer that comes in heavy glass bottles. No twistoffs.
 
Also, if you don't want to mess with bottles caps and the capper, you
may reuse two liter soda bottles, if you just want to try it out.

So really, if you want to try it. You could get away with a 6 gallon
food grade plastic bucket($6-$10), fermentation lock. Boil the brew in a
large stock pot, let cool, poor into bucket, add yeast when cool. Let
sit for six weeks. Siphon brew into stock pot. Clean out the spent yeast
from the bottom of the bucket. Bleach clean bucket (never use abrasives
w/plastic) and re-add the brew to finish for two-twelve months.


Put the finished brew into the same stock pot and add carbonation
sugars. Siphon from there into two liter bottles and let sit another six
weeks, and it should be good to go.

When decanting, use a big pitcher. Once you start to pour homebrew from
the two liter, you can't stop (or you'll shake up the yeast sedimant).

Yeah, enjoy.




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Gorio
 
In article , Gorio.7b46589.341984
@foodbanter.com says...

Thank you for putting it so clear. Like I said, I am/was (the fellow
with the brewhouse died) in a pretty good club. One of our members won
the Sam Adams home brew thing a few years ago. Some of the guys have
some pretty elaborate systems, but you just don't need it. All you
really need is to be clean...

That being said. If you really want to be walked through your first
couple brews, look for a "Mr. Beer" (TM) kit. It comes with everything
you need except the water and the bottles for the first brew and they
make ingredient kits for you to make 2 1/2 gallons at at time. That
whole kit can be had for less then 30 bucks, and is a pretty good place
to start to understand/learn the process. It sounds a lot harder than it
really is...

Enjoy, and to any of you brewers out there. Try Coopers Australian Ale,
it's my favorite premix...
 
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