re: Homebrewing: Supplies/ Starter Kits

Here is the secret..

Buy a 100 kit telling the wife you are starting back up an old hobby

Make the house STINK to high heaven with brewery smell

Convince the wife that your new hobby could be taken outdoors and you can make your own stuff to save a lot of money.

Spend 60 on copper and make your own chiller
Spend another 75 build a cooler mash/tun but you "saved" money because you built it yourself..

You dont want to really use that crawfish pot to boil right? Nahhh Now you spend 120 on a 40qt ss kettle.. and weldless ball valve. Ahh But you "saved" money because those things sell together drilled for over 200 bucks.

Of course you needed a new propane tank cause you want it dedicated and you want a better burner too.. But that was only 80 bucks.. pennies...

Buy your 50 bottles but then make a mess bottling..

Wives dont like messes.. But there is a solution..

Kegerator.... But you see you run out and buy a large mini fridge and build it yourself for 350. You "saved" 300 bucks.. Those things are expensive.

Now you have homebrew on tap year round..


You have spent $800 or so dollars but you "saved" hundreds.. Maybe a $1000..

So have a birthday and now your hobby that everyone knows about provides ample gift ideas.. Wife may even give you a SS Conical fermemter who would have known..

And there you have it the best way to "Save" your way to 1200 in brewing equipment. (You have to put it in terms they understand)