Hello Everyone,
First I'll introduce myself since I'm a new guy... I'm Steve from Colorado and I have been drinking beer for quite awhile now. My favorite beers are Belgian beers, namely St Bernardus (abt 12 mostly), Trois Pistoles, Terrible and a whole bunch of other Belgians. Anything Trappist is always good of coarse! My favorite American brews are Stone beers, Avery beers, Great Divide (especially Titan, Yet and Old Ruffian) Deschutes beers are also good, especially the new Hop Henge (great value!). Other beers that are often in my fridge include Delerium, Bridgeport IPA, Rochefort, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (of coarse!), Piraat...sheesh the list goes on and on. I am pretty rediculous with my bottle collection, I have hundreds of bottles on shelves lining my entire dining room. I have always wanted to brew beer, but I guess I'm just a little intimidated, until now!
Well... I've been wanting to start brewing beer for quite awhile now, and I'm finally gonna take the plunge and go for it. This Wednesday i am buying my first brew kit - I can't wait! Anyways, I have a couple general questions.
I tried brewing beer once before, but it was with a Mr. Beer kit that I got for x-mas a few years ago, it didn't turn out all that great and I never really felt like I was really brewing beer. After a little reseach I feel that an extract based kit is the way to start. I live relatively close to a brew-shop, so I decided that I'm gonna pick up this kit:
http://store.thebrewhut.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=28
Other then ingredients, what do you guys feel that I should pick up ASAP? Is it worth spendin' the extra $30.00 for this kit?
http://store.thebrewhut.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=29
There is a section that says "OTHER ITEMS YOU MAY NEED WITH THE ULTRA KIT"... that seems like a lot of extra crap, do I really need all that?
Thank you very much for your input!
-Steven
First I'll introduce myself since I'm a new guy... I'm Steve from Colorado and I have been drinking beer for quite awhile now. My favorite beers are Belgian beers, namely St Bernardus (abt 12 mostly), Trois Pistoles, Terrible and a whole bunch of other Belgians. Anything Trappist is always good of coarse! My favorite American brews are Stone beers, Avery beers, Great Divide (especially Titan, Yet and Old Ruffian) Deschutes beers are also good, especially the new Hop Henge (great value!). Other beers that are often in my fridge include Delerium, Bridgeport IPA, Rochefort, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (of coarse!), Piraat...sheesh the list goes on and on. I am pretty rediculous with my bottle collection, I have hundreds of bottles on shelves lining my entire dining room. I have always wanted to brew beer, but I guess I'm just a little intimidated, until now!
Well... I've been wanting to start brewing beer for quite awhile now, and I'm finally gonna take the plunge and go for it. This Wednesday i am buying my first brew kit - I can't wait! Anyways, I have a couple general questions.
I tried brewing beer once before, but it was with a Mr. Beer kit that I got for x-mas a few years ago, it didn't turn out all that great and I never really felt like I was really brewing beer. After a little reseach I feel that an extract based kit is the way to start. I live relatively close to a brew-shop, so I decided that I'm gonna pick up this kit:
http://store.thebrewhut.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=28
Other then ingredients, what do you guys feel that I should pick up ASAP? Is it worth spendin' the extra $30.00 for this kit?
http://store.thebrewhut.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=29
There is a section that says "OTHER ITEMS YOU MAY NEED WITH THE ULTRA KIT"... that seems like a lot of extra crap, do I really need all that?
Thank you very much for your input!
-Steven