Posted: 8/8/2006 5:34:53 PM EDT
I know this has been gone over a million times but my wife asked what I want for my Bday and Im trying to find all that good advice on what kit to get. Help please fellas 
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Here is a good place to start. morebeer.com To start, you are going to need a pot to cook it in, a fermenter (I use plastic buckets for my primary and a carbuoy for a secondary), a thermometer, a racking siphon, a wine theif, a hydrometer, bottles (I use 5 gal kegs) a 6 gallon bucket with a spigot, a bottle capper, a bottle cleaning brush, sanitizer, and one of their ingredient kits. Your initial investment should be about $200 and you can decide on stuff like kegs and wort chillers from there. |
| Just go buy a copy of Charlie Papazian's book "The Joy of Homebrewing" and read the first chapter or so to get a feel for what is required before you buy. That book is considered the bible for home-brewers and will serve you well as you learn more about the craft. Also, there are homebrew forums out on the net that can provide more topic-specific input much like you get here about guns. |
I would suggest ordering this. |
This appears to also come with ingredients to make 5 gallons of beer. Seems like a fair price to me (a former homebrewer). I like that they also include a glass carboy instead of crappy plastic. |
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Home Brew Pro Shoppe This place is local to me and a good bunch of folks I got outfitted there very easily, initially I bought a used kit from a friend who discovered Home Brewing was not for him... I also use their recipe kits, I also second the Pappazian book. Also the forum www.homebrewtalk.com/ good bunch of folks there too. Also this one which I found to be more helpful than the book www.howtobrew.com/section1/index.html |