Absolutely Necessary?
What is absolutely necessary for home brewing? I am interested actually in older style brewing methods, and am hoping to get some very good beer out of my work. However I have not yet invested in equipment because I can't seem to get a level idea of what is required (not all the bells and whistles) to brew. The two addendums I will add is that I like glass and hate plastic, and a buddy of my gave me about six dozen flip top glass bottles when he started using his capper, so I think I am pretty good to go on bottling for awhile (including a few hundred extra gaskets for the bottles)
I know this is not the place for recipies but since it may affect the equipment needed I will say that I don't like alot of hoppyness in my beer, and I prefere to use honey for a sweetener (I have done more than one basic batch of mead at home and I like honey as an ingrediant) I am not at all opposed to using full grain methods, and am interested in a variety of flavors.
Thanks
GoodOlBoy
A basic kit contains: 6.5
A basic kit contains:
6.5 gallon glass "Carboy" fermenter
Stopper (with hole)
Siphon Set-up
Carboy cleaning brush
19" stirring spoon
8" funnel
6 gallon bottling bucket with spigot
3 piece airlock
Triple scale testing hydrometer with test tube
Bottle filler & 4ft of transfer tubing
Hand-lever bottle capper and 50 bottle caps
Bottle cleaning brush
Sanitizer
Reusable nylon steeping bag
Although the bottling bucket is plastic. You could also pickup a 5 gallon glass "Carboy" as a secondary fermenter. Oh and usually you'll get some sort of How To Brew book.
Wild
On Tap - Irish Red Rye & Mirror Pond Pale Ale
Primary - Espresso Imperial Stout
Secondary - Obsidian Stout Clone
Aging - Oak Aged Bourbon Porter
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.
Wild
On Tap -
Mirror Pond Pale Ale Clone
Oak Aged Bourbon Porter
Espresso Imperial Stout
Obsidian Stout Clone
American Red Ale
Secondary - Vanilla Mead
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind
Try going to your LHBS.
Try going to your LHBS. They should be able to give you good advise and help you with a kit or ingredients.
On the top right section of
On the top right section of our pages on Hobx.com, you'll find a menu regarding Beginner
s Homebrewing. We cover equipment in detail. We don't want you to spend a fortune to get started, so what you see here is pretty much a minimum.
For what it's worth, most beer is brewed essentially the same way, so what works for one recipe, will work for another. The only difference being ales vs. lagers, where lagers need refrigeration to brew.
Hope that helps, and welcome to hobx.com