another Portland wanna be :)

[randyisrad]

Hey all
I'm a newbie from the beer capital of the world.
I might be the cheapest human alive, so any tips on cutting down the cost of home brewing would be great.
Cheap 10 gal kettles?
Cheap burners?
etc...

 

[Cheeto]

Welcome to HBT.

The Portland crowd is quite large!

look around at people on the forum, I think there is even a group for PDX brewers

 

[david_42]

Craigslist, but beer stuff gets snapped up quickly in Portland. Both PDX and OBC are good groups.

Maybe you could come to a meeting and wear a "New brewer needs your ugly old junk" badge?

 

[RyanPDX]

From one noob to another, welcome.

And +1 to beer stuff going quick on craigslist. its crazy.

 

[EvilTOJ]

Cheapest way to get homebrew? Get some homebrewing friends. muahahaha!

 

[bbone66]

Welcome from East County, 16 posts and counting for me. Trying to get the feet wet.

 

[philrose]

Brewsbrothers.biz is a great resource for ingredients in Portland area. Very cheap bulk buys for when you (inevitably) go all out

 

[khiddy]

Welcome, randyisrad! I agree, keep an eye on Craigslist. I'm usually watching it daily, though my own buying has slowed somewhat lately because I've managed to get most of the equipment I need. You might also consider building some of it yourself. My Mash/Lauter Tun was a self-build from a Walmart igloo cooler and parts from Home Despot. Of course, I later discovered that I could've just purchased a conversion kit from Brewmasters Warehouse online for cheaper than my assembled kit (and a better kit, too!), but that's part of the fun.

 

[DragonTail]

Welcome

 

[randyisrad]

Brewsbrothers.biz is a great resource for ingredients in Portland area. Very cheap bulk buys for when you (inevitably) go all out

I was there today

 

[Joker]

Welcome and enjoy the ride.