Good Beginners kit

[bkbrown5881]

Hello everyone, been doing a lot of research on this subject and would love some your opinions on where and what beginners kit would be a good choice for me to start home brewing? Thinking of spending 150 to 200 dollars.

Once again thanks for the input and I am very excited to get started.

 

[Cimerian]

I got a brewers best kit that included a 6.5 gal fermenting bucket, 6.5 gal bottling bucket, hydrometer, bottle capper, homebrewing book, airlock, sanitizer, bottling wand, siphon tube and tubing. All for less than 100 bucks. I then bought a turkey fryer for 40 bucks, an extract kit for 30 bucks, and a long SS spatula for a brew paddle in the grilling section for 6 bucks. So under 200 buckets I was able to brew my first beer and this included the beer. I thought the kit was worth it as it got me started. I did luck out and someone gave me bottles so I did not need to buy those. If I had I would have paid about 30 bucks for 2 cases of bottles.

 

[acuenca]

Midwest, northern brewer or AHS has nice kits for around that price... check em out

If I could get the perfect kit it'd have

2- 6.5g carboy or bucket
1- bottle bucket (that you could use as another carboy if you needed to)
Bottle filler
Wing Bottle capper
bottle caps
Vinator
Hydrometer
Wine thief
Auto-siphon
Star san
Airlocks
5 gallon brew kettle for extract or 8 gallon for AG

I got my first kit from Midwest but they have some $100-150 ones with good upgrades that cover the list above... Good luck and read as much as you can on HBT! Best resource evah!

 

[bkbrown5881]

Ok thanks for the info. I will check those sites.

 

[MrOrange]

You might want to check out www.Austinhomebrew.com or www.Northernbrewer.com they are both good homebrew supply shops.