Help, I need some advice

[Teeka]

My hubby has been wanting to get into brewing his own beer. So I thought that i would get him a good setup for christmas.
http://www.brewcitysupplies.com/171/769.htm?357
is this a good product if so what else does he need to do this right.
thatnk you

 

[Catfish]

I would be happy to recieve such a gift from my wife, but that alone is a tad extreme for beginning to brew.
I would say that this kit:
http://www.brewcitysupplies.com/1/3.htm?357
plus your husband's prefered type of beer ingredients kit (Brewer's Best does do nice ingredients kits) and boiling pot, bottles, caps; your husband will be a happy man.

 

[Waldo]

I agree with catfish, the Brewers Best starter kit is a good package, your husband can add to it as he progresses.

 

[david_42]

Get this pot: http://www.brewcitysupplies.com/2/452.htm?357 At 8 gallons, it has plenty of room for a good boil, but not too heavy. If he will be brewing outside, also consider a propane burner.

That conical is nice, but is only one piece of the picture and a very advanced/expensive one.

 

[Tony]

Teeka...do you have a sister who needs a husband who would greatly appreciate such a brew gift?????????

Gotta love a woman who is so thoughful! Catfish and David have you covered.

 

[david_42]

And Mr. Palmer's book How to brew You might give it a read as well.

 

[Cheesefood]

Here here! The Brewer's Best kit is a joy. Buy him an extra bucket with a lid and an airlock, a nice strainer and a thermometer and he'll be up and brewing in no time. I like Pappazian's The Complete Joy of Homebrewing as a resource.

 

[Catfish]

A glass carboy would round out the gift nicely. And all this stuff plus a few extra ingredients packages will still be cheaper than the conical fermentor you originally had in mind... save that gift for next year.

 

[SteveM]

Don't neglect some bottles - three cases of empty 12 ounce bottles will round out that Brewer's Best kit very nicely. It is what I started with and what I still mostly use today.

 

[Windaria]

... HOLY CRAP. You would get that? Heck... yeah, as people have stated you don't really need to do 14 gallons, though I am sure it would be great. You could get kits enough to do 3 6 gallon batches of different brews for that kind of cost, and then some. Heck, for half of that cost and still have a far better, and more complete, kit.

I mean you have the primary bucket, the bottling bucket in that kit... grab maybe 3 6.5 gallon glass carboys too. That way you can have several batches aging at a time... since things sit in the secondary for a while after they are out of the primary. He could still brew 18 gallons at once.

Heck... at this point my dream kit includes something I can boil the stuff in, 5 6.5 gallon glass carboys, tons of bottles, and some tubing... and I don't have any of that yet (making due with sub-standard stuff at the moment). Oh well.