I see many post from people new to brewing (as I am one of those).
It appears many folks are looking for ways to not buy the items needed to properly brew. Why? You are going to spend $30.00 to $50.00 on a ingredient kit, plus you may be buying bottled water and ice (another $5 to $10 dollars). Why chance ruining that investment because you didn't want to spend the money on the proper equipment?
I am not letting the lack of a $13.00 bucket or something like that) allow me to ruin a $30 to $50 beer kit.
I know money is tight for any people, and when first starting up you do put out a fair amount of cash. I just got the basic kit and stuff I needed to brew, I am adding stuff as needed (example, last night I moved to the secondary so I went out and bought the auto siphon).
The folks who have been brewing for a while all say the same thing, do not cut corners it will only ruin your brew.
So here is the minimum you need to start your first brew.
1, Brew kettle
2. Primary Bucket/carboy (no spigot) with lid and/or drilled rubber stopper.
3. A large spoon
4. Thermometer (long one with a way to attach it to the brew pot)
5. Sanitizer (buy the Star San the small bottle is only around $10)
6. An ingredient kit
7. A way to cool the wort (either an ice bath or make some blocks of ice, for the blocks of ice simply get some of those cheap food storage containers from your grocery store, they come in 3 packs, you can sanitize them and fill them with water you boiled, my local store suggested the half gallon size. You will simply add the ice right into the boiled wort one at a time).
8. An airlock.
9. A hydrometer (although some have suggested that the pre made kits are so well worked out you may even skip this).
10. A sanitation bucket.
11. 2 cheap spray bottles (one for sanitizer the other for boiled or bottled water to spray into the boiling wort to help stop the hops break).
After you brew you then have a week or more to buy the next stage of items.
1. Secondary (carboy with drilled stopper for the airlock).
2. Siphon and tubing.
A week or more later when you get to bottling, you will need the last stage of items.
1. Bottling bucket with spigot.
2. Tubing with bottling wand.
3. Capper.
4. Bottle caps (most kits come with them).
This is the minimum you will need but as you can see it can be spread over weeks of buying the needed items. (I get paid every other week, so for me it was over 3 paychecks and could have been more).
I may have missed something being a newbie hopefully the real brewers here can edit or confirm my babbling.
It appears many folks are looking for ways to not buy the items needed to properly brew. Why? You are going to spend $30.00 to $50.00 on a ingredient kit, plus you may be buying bottled water and ice (another $5 to $10 dollars). Why chance ruining that investment because you didn't want to spend the money on the proper equipment?
I am not letting the lack of a $13.00 bucket or something like that) allow me to ruin a $30 to $50 beer kit.
I know money is tight for any people, and when first starting up you do put out a fair amount of cash. I just got the basic kit and stuff I needed to brew, I am adding stuff as needed (example, last night I moved to the secondary so I went out and bought the auto siphon).
The folks who have been brewing for a while all say the same thing, do not cut corners it will only ruin your brew.
So here is the minimum you need to start your first brew.
1, Brew kettle
2. Primary Bucket/carboy (no spigot) with lid and/or drilled rubber stopper.
3. A large spoon
4. Thermometer (long one with a way to attach it to the brew pot)
5. Sanitizer (buy the Star San the small bottle is only around $10)
6. An ingredient kit
7. A way to cool the wort (either an ice bath or make some blocks of ice, for the blocks of ice simply get some of those cheap food storage containers from your grocery store, they come in 3 packs, you can sanitize them and fill them with water you boiled, my local store suggested the half gallon size. You will simply add the ice right into the boiled wort one at a time).
8. An airlock.
9. A hydrometer (although some have suggested that the pre made kits are so well worked out you may even skip this).
10. A sanitation bucket.
11. 2 cheap spray bottles (one for sanitizer the other for boiled or bottled water to spray into the boiling wort to help stop the hops break).
After you brew you then have a week or more to buy the next stage of items.
1. Secondary (carboy with drilled stopper for the airlock).
2. Siphon and tubing.
A week or more later when you get to bottling, you will need the last stage of items.
1. Bottling bucket with spigot.
2. Tubing with bottling wand.
3. Capper.
4. Bottle caps (most kits come with them).
This is the minimum you will need but as you can see it can be spread over weeks of buying the needed items. (I get paid every other week, so for me it was over 3 paychecks and could have been more).
I may have missed something being a newbie hopefully the real brewers here can edit or confirm my babbling.
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