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Barrister
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
334 posts
| First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 8:59 am)
Thinking of dabbling in home brewing. Any suggestions on a good place to go for equipment, info, ingredients,etc?
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BlackenedOut
The Big Sleazy
Member since Feb 2011
1761 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:01 am to Barrister)
Brewstock in New Orleans; I am sure there is a similar store in BR.
Or order online from Austin Home Brew.
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WizardSleeve
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2011
725 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:01 am to Barrister)
homebrewtalk.com is a good online source for instructions and tips.
do extract for your first brew
get "how to brew" by John Palmer. read it, then brew your first batch.
austinhomebrew.com for ingredients and equipment. Shipping to Louisiana is 1 day.
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BugAC 
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2007
13876 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:04 am to Barrister)
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Thinking of dabbling in home brewing. Any suggestions on a good place to go for equipment, info, ingredients,etc?
Brewstock in New Orleans is the best (and only maybe) local guy in S. LA. I trust the freshness of their ingredients more.
You can also go to Marcello's wine warehouse here in Baton Rouge. They have good startup kits. They have the one that i used to start my brewing.
Also, buy this book. Probably the most important piece of equipment you will ever need.
I got all of my equipment online, minus a couple things. The site i use the most is
Austin Home Brew
I use them primarily for ingredients because shipping is much quicker. I've also used Northern Brewer and Midwest Supplies.
This post was edited on 11/16 at 9:05 am
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BugAC
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2007
13876 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:07 am to Barrister)
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Barrister
Also, i got a ton of help from the brewers on this board, and from homebrewtalk.com
Some of them will tell you, when i first started up, i created about a thread/day worrying about my beer.
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BMoney
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
6902 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:14 am to BugAC)
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Some of them will tell you, when i first started up, i created about a thread/day worrying about my beer.
Others of us will tell you that we've met every other homebrewer and craft beer fan on this board except you. 
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RedHawk 
Army Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
4958 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:16 am to BMoney)
Northern Brewer is a great place to order to start. They offer a startup kit and an extract kit for $80. I don't think you could beat that.
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BugAC
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2007
13876 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:16 am to BMoney)
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Others of us will tell you that we've met every other homebrewer and craft beer fan on this board except you
All of this is true.
Well pending any upcoming scheduling dates, when is the next meeting? Y'all are members of brasserie right?
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s14suspense 
USA Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
7169 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:18 am to Barrister)
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Posted by Barrister Thinking of dabbling in home brewing. Any suggestions on a good place to go for equipment, info, ingredients,etc?
Usually pretty easy to find a Groupon for a Midwest supply starter kit that should give you everything you need to brew a batch minus a large stock pot.
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BMoney
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
6902 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:18 am to BugAC)
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Well pending any upcoming scheduling dates, when is the next meeting? Y'all are members of brasserie right?
Just had a meeting Wednesday night. The next one will be the 2nd Wednesday in December, so I think that is the 12th. But we typically get together more often than that for tastings and such.
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BugAC
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2007
13876 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:20 am to BMoney)
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Just had a meeting Wednesday night. The next one will be the 2nd Wednesday in December, so I think that is the 12th. But we typically get together more often than that for tastings and such.
Well I may bring the fiancee, so i can have a DD for the ride home. I'll try to make it.
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BMoney
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
6902 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:21 am to BugAC)
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Well I may bring the fiancee, so i can have a DD for the ride home. I'll try to make it.
You won't be the only one.
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BugAC
LSU Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2007
13876 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:23 am to BMoney)
What time is the meeting?
ETA: Nevermind, i found it.
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s14suspense
USA Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
7169 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 9:24 am to BMoney)
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Others of us will tell you that we've met every other homebrewer and craft beer fan on this board except you.
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Zappas Stache
Snotterburgh
Member since Apr 2009
4989 posts
| re: First time home brew suggestions (Posted on 11/16/12 at 10:30 am to WizardSleeve)
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get "how to brew" by John Palmer.
Also available free online LINK.
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