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First time brewing beer at home
Hey guys,
I am planning on attempting to brew my own beer at home. I
was wondering, what would be my best bet for a starter
kit, as I only want to start with just making a few beers. I was also
wondering which would be the easiest beer to start with; I was thinking
of starting with an IPA, I’m a hophead. And for my final question,
where can I buy hops at?
Thanks
Hector
Just do a goggle search for a homebrew store in your city. Your typical
homebrewed is very helpful and can hook you up with a complete kit with
recipe for your tastes.
For the first time, I would recommend a store over an internet site.
That way you can be sure to get everything you need.
Thanks
Hudson
When I started I got a kit from William's brewing, some components of
which I still use 7 years later. I would recommend a kit - a "complete
home brewery" from there or from Beer, Beer and More Beer. You will get
fermentation and bottling vessels, a hydrometer and a variety of other
options depending on how much money you want to spend. Most also come
bundled with your choice of an ingredients kit to make your first
batch.
After that I would seek out a local homebrew shop and begin to
formulate your own recipes. My first batch was a William's Porter kit,
my second batch was a partial mash hefeweizen from a recipe I put
together and my 3rd batch I built a mashtun and went all grain -
haven't looked back since.
Thanks
Austin
Good luck hector.
My first time was several years ago (before I was online) and the kit worked pretty well.
I think the only problem I ever had was from contamination - I probably slipped up cleaning something.
Hey Hector. I have yet to brew a batch yet myself.
The advince I'm getting is to try a pale or a brown ale first.
Because they are forgiving if you make a mistake and still should be a good first brew.
If you can get the chance to brew your first batch with someone elses equipment, that would be a good idea as well, in case you don't care for brewing.
After looking at, some of the starter kits, it's a lot of cash for something you don't know if you'll stick with.
But from one newb to another ,I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it, something that gets me away from the little woman and around my bud's for a few hours, yeah I'm all for it.
Marv.
Here is the kit I was advised to try for my first brew.
http://store.brewhut.com/index.asp?Page … ProdID=111
Had to come back and post ya a link.
Marv.
> what would be my best bet for a starter kit
In my opinion, stick with a VERY flavorful beer (like stout, porter, brown ale, etc). I found that even if you make a few mistakes, the strong flavor of the beer makes up for any "off" flavors.
Also, for pure ease of use, the extract-only kits make it really easy. When you begin to add grain into the picture, it adds significant complexity (but much better beer).
> as I only want to start with just making a few beers.
AFAIK, 5 gallons is pretty much the standard minimum.
> And for my final question, where can I buy hops at?
I have a local homebrew store (http://www.steinfillers.com), but I believe they can ship to you, also.
HTH,
DaveSlash
If you really want to start off small, meaning little investment. You can try to score some 5 gallon buckets from a local restraunt. They are just going to throw them out anyway. You probably have a larger pot you could use to brew small batches in (less than the 5 gallon norm). Or a 20qt pot is only going to run you $20 for a cheapy anyway. If you order online, you could always get an extra packet of dry yeast and just split the extract. I guess my advice is to just read up as much as you can. www.howtobrew.com get an idea of what you have/need, and find cheap ways to pick up the other stuff. That way if you end up not liking it you're not in too deep. Of course once you start you're usually stuck. 
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