home brew
speedie789
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Hey everyone,
I just started brewing my own beer (my first batch has been fermenting for approx 2 days). I was wondering if anyone else home brews?
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He just made an excellent wet hops Belgium.
Maddy, you can get a starter kit for a lot less than $200 - for that money you can get everything you need to brew AND keg. A basic kit will go for around eighty bucks. Look at http://morebeer.com/ or http://www.northernbrewer.com
I'd also invite you to check out the forums at www.realbeer.com - lots of amateurs and even some professional brewers there. You'll find me under the same username.
I don't bottle much anymore, everything goes straight into soda kegs. For a while I used a Tap-A-Draft system but it's been collecting dust for a while, I need to sell it off. My current setup can support four 5-gallon soda kegs on tap at the same time; currently on tap are a keg of my cider, Sweet Cherry Stout, and some Classic Lager (from Blue & Gray Brewing in Fredericksburg - they'll fill a corny keg for $40, a bit more for seasonals).
Costco.com has a kit that looks decent. It's a bit pricier than other kits around, but it comes with ingredients for a batch of Cabernet, and the price includes shipping. I'm gonna try a local store first, but I might just get that kit.
I'm gonna look around for some PET water cooler bottles, but I'll probably buy one glass carboy too.
I used the Cote Des Blancs yeast, 5 gallons of whole foods brand juice (the cloudy stuff, with just juice and vitamin c), and 6 lbs of brown sugar. I got my glass carboy before the shipment with the bucket fermenter, so I just used that. Helps a bit with the urge to look at it.
I'm going out of town for a few days this weekend, I was hoping it would be ready to rack by then so I could take a little with me, but I may just let it sit until I get back.