I am thinking about giving up.

[Rbeckett]

The trick here is that this is a hobby. As a hobby it takes time to become good at it. The only way that you become good is to practive the craft. It would behoove you to start simple and improve your technique first, then add a high dollar system later on. I started with a Mr Beer kit and over time I have built a three tier tower with a lot of "Nice" additions. It isn't absolutely necessary for you to have an all stainless top of the line brew rig to make great beer. Patience and attention to detail will yeild many benefits and go a long way toward the satisfaction you are looking for. Consider your favorite beer and maybe do a clone of it until you get it exactly to your liking. Just don't give up too soon.
Wheelchair Bob

 

[Ogri]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stay_Trill
I haven't even started. I just feel like I have spent so much money just on buying some kegs and turning them into into a boil kettle, mash tun, and HLT. I dont even have hoses pumps or burners or anything just the keggles. I feel like I should sell them and just have the extra money, I feel like I am gonna need hundreds and hundreds still more just to get started. What should I do?!


Yeah, you should find a different hobby. You're too wound up for this.

I suggest skydiving or bungee jumping.

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This made me laugh:fro:

Always wiser to learn to walk before you try to run a full marathon. Save yourself a lot of pain/money as it's not really advantageous to have all the gear and no idea.

 

[evrose]

Try BIAB if your trying to do a cheap/easy/simple all grain setup. Less than 100 dollars if you use an aluminum pot.

This +1,000,000.

I'm doing all-grain BIAB and making great beer for a start-up cost of less than $100. All you need is a turkey fryer, $2 paint strainer bags, a few cheap accessories (capper, autosiphon, etc.) and ingredients.

There's nothing wrong with going hardware crazy, goodness knows I love the man-toy aspect of this hobby, but it is absolutely NOT necessary to break the bank with hundreds of dollars in equipment in order to make great beer.

 

[Ogri]

Penis face

Ah, yes. Your standard, and no doubt patented, response

 

[ShepFL]

KISS, KISS, KISS

As others have said go to BIAB for an easy AG setup. Spend the $$ and get a good brew pot. I have a 10 gallon Blichman.
Me, that pot, some plastic fermentors make some damn good beer to work on my old 1950 GMC and old tractors.
Swing top bottles take the chore out of bottling and as time & $$ permit consider kegging so you have more free time.
Remember, it is a hobby - do this to have fun and enjoy fruits of your labors with others.

 

[Dynachrome]

Simplify. Here's where I re-started from:

Big pot, propane burner, late-addition extract brewing. I made some really good beer this way.

Man, that's upscale carboys, are expensive.

 

[iambeer]

Quit while you are ahead. You WILL spend more money than you can guess. And it will never stop until you quit. Having said that, don't worry and drink beer. I do that and I turned out fine.

 

[kh54s10]

I see that the OP has not responded to any of the replies. I guess he has given up as he jumped in with both feet before finding out how deep the water was!

 

[kosmokramer]

Im close by and just about done building my eherms bcs system. im sure i have some old stuff i could pass along to help you get started, if your interested shoot me a pm

 

[mbbarnes]

The OP states in his introductory thread that he doesn't even drink. He wants to brew for his friends and family, and for the process. Read some of his previous posts. He is either a troll or jumped in WAYYYYYY over his head

 

[surume]

Looking at the threads he has made in the past, he tends to ask questions but never post replies in it

The OP states in his introductory thread that he doesn't even drink. He wants to brew for his friends and family, and for the process. Read some of his previous posts. He is either a troll or jumped in WAYYYYYY over his head

That's not his introductory thread, its another guy called "evolcoms".

 

[chuckstout]

I haven't even started. I just feel like I have spent so much money just on buying some kegs and turning them into into a boil kettle, mash tun, and HLT. I dont even have hoses pumps or burners or anything just the keggles. I feel like I should sell them and just have the extra money, I feel like I am gonna need hundreds and hundreds still more just to get started. What should I do?!

You should quit and give them to the nearest person on this forum

 

[MinnesnowtaBrew]

I'm not trying to sound negative or pessimistic but I hope you're joking?? It clearly sounds like you didn't do your homework before you even attempted to take the first semesters exam to feel the class out. Why are you trying to keg and all grain at the get go..? Do an extract kit or partial mash and relax. If that is overwhelming then I hate to say it but home brewing isn't probably for you.

 

[mbbarnes]

Looking at the threads he has made in the past, he tends to ask questions but never post replies in it





That's not his introductory thread, its another guy called "evolcoms".

Doh! I see that now

 

[pdxal]

I haven't even started. I just feel like I have spent so much money just on buying some kegs and turning them into into a boil kettle, mash tun, and HLT. I dont even have hoses pumps or burners or anything just the keggles. I feel like I should sell them and just have the extra money, I feel like I am gonna need hundreds and hundreds still more just to get started. What should I do?!

This is really putting the cart before the horse.
Start easy, and try it out for a while before you go crazy with expensive equipment. You might not like it, or maybe you'll love it and learn enough to make spending all that money on expensive and elaborate equipment worth it.

 

[delta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI&feature=youtube_gdata_player