Kit Advice

so I am a newbie in homebrewing. what are some of the better mail order sites that you can order kits from?

Austin Homebrew Supply
MoreBeer
Northern Brewer
Midwest Supplies

Those are listed in the order of personal preference.

Homebrewit.org nice folks there

John Palmer book (Free to read online)

http://www.howtobrew.com/sitemap.html


Great places to buy your equipment, first beer kit, and cleaning (PBW), and sterilizing (Star-San) solutions **


http://midwestsupplies.com/

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/index.php

http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing



Here are the latest prices for a Basic equipment kit plus shipping. The kits differ in sizes of primary buckets, but all will yield the common 5 gallon batch. Another small difference between the kits are the cleaners that come with it (didn't use the one that came with mine). Remember you will still need: Beer kit, Brew kettle, bottles, cleaning and sterilizing solutions. This is the equipment and shipping only...


_____ Basic kit + Shipping = Total

Midwest: $59.95 + $11.47 =$71.42

Austin hb $80.49 + $7.99 = $88.48

Northern: $79.99 + $7.99 = $87.98

** Note: PBW and Starsan are recommendations. There are other alternatives that might save you money, or clean in a different style. These are the two products many use, and are very simple, and produce great results.

Avoid the kits that don't give you a full ingredient list (such as William's). They may make fine beer, but you won't learn much from them.

I'm talking beer ingredient kits, not equipment kits.