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Best Beer Brewing Kit?
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:15 pm
What's the best kit for a beginner? I bought a "How to" book to get me started, but not sure what equipment is the best. Any suggestions?
This post was edited on 2/19/11 at 6:16 pm
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Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:17 pm to WarmBubble
there is a place in nola that has everything you need and will walk you through it. my cousin got into it a year ago and his first batch came out great. he did a red ale.
i think it may be nola brewing
i think it may be nola brewing
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:19 pm to WarmBubble
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:20 pm to DieselTiger1
Most kits are the same. I would buy a kit and a secondary fermentor.
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:26 pm to WarmBubble
I just started recently with Mr. Beer. I think it's a good starter kit. I'm giving myself about a year before I make the move a bigger setup. If you're near NOLA, the name of the place you're looking for is called Brewstock. It's on Dryades uptown off of Napoleon. They have a website too. The catch is that's not the type of place to get a Mr. Beer kit. The homebrewers tend to frown upon Mr. Beer & say it's for novices.
Just a warning: making beer is addictive.
Just a warning: making beer is addictive.
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:28 pm to gabe311
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Just a warning: making beer is addictive.
and it makes you appreciate beer on a whole different level makes drinking it that much more enjoyable
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:30 pm to BayouBandit24
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and it makes you appreciate beer on a whole different level makes drinking it that much more enjoyable
Much agreed. Seems to make it taste better.
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:34 pm to WarmBubble
well, they got the kits that come with stuff all together, i kinda pieced em together though.
You need a carboy or the bucket (food grade) with the spigget at the bottom. An air lock, some tubing, theres a pack of tubing and siphon/bottling tools you can get at the brew store.
The hose attachment to clean bottles and carboys is a nice addition, as well as a long brush made for cleaning carboys and bottles.
A capper and caps to bottle as well as bottles. But tell all your friends that drink imports to keep bottles cause they are a waste of money to buy.
the best bottling option is using a kegerator or using the kegerator with a bottling attachment to force co2 into the beer instead of having to bottle and cap each and every dam one. Well, you would still have to cap each bottle but just mechanically instead of fiddling with hoses and the bottling attachment.
redstick brewing can hook you up on jones creek if you are in br, and he can explain everything you need as well as making a brew the way you want to.
You need a carboy or the bucket (food grade) with the spigget at the bottom. An air lock, some tubing, theres a pack of tubing and siphon/bottling tools you can get at the brew store.
The hose attachment to clean bottles and carboys is a nice addition, as well as a long brush made for cleaning carboys and bottles.
A capper and caps to bottle as well as bottles. But tell all your friends that drink imports to keep bottles cause they are a waste of money to buy.
the best bottling option is using a kegerator or using the kegerator with a bottling attachment to force co2 into the beer instead of having to bottle and cap each and every dam one. Well, you would still have to cap each bottle but just mechanically instead of fiddling with hoses and the bottling attachment.
redstick brewing can hook you up on jones creek if you are in br, and he can explain everything you need as well as making a brew the way you want to.
This post was edited on 2/19/11 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:37 pm to gabe311
There was a place in BR called Bootleggers Brewing Supply that had all kinds of goodies. My cousin bought from them and brewed all kinds of good stuff.
Posted on 2/19/11 at 6:53 pm to WoWyHi
Is an IPA doable for a beginner??
Posted on 2/19/11 at 7:43 pm to DieselTiger1
Some others have given good advice for beer kits. I just don't advise getting the Mr. Beer thing.
Look up the BR home brewing club and go to a meeting or two and ask some questions. Most of those type of guys are real happy to help other beer guys out.
Look up the BR home brewing club and go to a meeting or two and ask some questions. Most of those type of guys are real happy to help other beer guys out.
Posted on 2/19/11 at 8:31 pm to WarmBubble
Cooper's, go to youtube lookup "homemade beer", or " cooper's beer brewing kit'.
Posted on 2/19/11 at 10:13 pm to WarmBubble
For equipment and ingredients, find yourself a local hombrew shop. If there isn't a good one nearby, go to Northern Brewer, MoreBeer, or Williams Brewing.
Find a good beginners kit and an extract recipe to start. If you need help, go to the forums at Northern Brewer or MoreBeer - theres a ton of folk out there willing to help with simple questions.
But if you really want to learn to brew beer, stay away from Mr. Beer. It's a crutch. You'll neither make great beer nor learn a damn thing about the process using it.
Find a good beginners kit and an extract recipe to start. If you need help, go to the forums at Northern Brewer or MoreBeer - theres a ton of folk out there willing to help with simple questions.
But if you really want to learn to brew beer, stay away from Mr. Beer. It's a crutch. You'll neither make great beer nor learn a damn thing about the process using it.
Posted on 2/19/11 at 10:13 pm to urinetrouble
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Is an IPA doable for a beginner??
A good IPA? Doubtful.
Posted on 2/20/11 at 10:51 am to urinetrouble
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Is an IPA doable for a beginner??
I hear it is an easier style to make. Lagers and light lagers are easy to screw up. Which makes one appreciate Bud Light or Miller Lite.
I would make an IPA with a similar mindset to making crawfish. If there is a mistake to be made with crawfish it is "too spicy." For an IPA "too hoppy" is the way to go. For some IPA lovers you cannot make it too hoppy. This does not exist.
Posted on 2/20/11 at 1:32 pm to LSU alum wannabe
In BR Marcello's has a decent homebrew inventory. And some kits, carboys, the stuff you'd need to get it started. I haven't been out to Red Stick Homebrew supply in a while but I'm sure they have everything you would need to get started too.
Austin Homebrew is a good online store for brewing equipment and ingredients.
Austin Homebrew is a good online store for brewing equipment and ingredients.
This post was edited on 2/20/11 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:27 am to BayouBandit24
$50 for a Mr Beer kit? That's a waste.
You can get a decent starter kit with ferm bucket, bottling bucket, hydrometer, capper, tubing etc for just a few bucks more. And you'll be ready to expand to 5 gallons.
You can get a decent starter kit with ferm bucket, bottling bucket, hydrometer, capper, tubing etc for just a few bucks more. And you'll be ready to expand to 5 gallons.
Posted on 2/21/11 at 9:01 am to LSUBoo
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In BR Marcello's has a decent homebrew inventory. And some kits, carboys, the stuff you'd need to get it started. I haven't been out to Red Stick Homebrew supply in a while but I'm sure they have everything you would need to get started too.
I think that Marcello's is really really expensive. And Red Stick is "shutting down" or apparently moving. Either way I think that is a waste of a trip. I had a friend run out there the other day and he didn't have the necessary stuff to start a new kit. I have never been to Bootleggers but from what I hear it is kind of sketchy. My recommendation for a good beginner kit is to order it only from NorthernBrewer, MoreBeer, Austin Home Brew, or Brewmaster's Warehouse. All of those places (esp NB and MoreBeer) will have multiple options so you can decide on how much you want to spend. The basic kit is all that you need to get started.
If you are interested in the club route and are in Baton Rouge, Red Stick Brewmasters meets at Georges Southside on the first Thursday of the month and Brasseurs a la Maison (the club I am in) meets at the Cove on the second Wednesday of the month. So March 3 for RSB and the 9th for Brasseurs. If you are in New Orleans there are a couple of options down there but I don't know when they meet.
Posted on 2/21/11 at 9:20 am to Fratastic423
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And Red Stick is "shutting down" or apparently moving.
Can we get some kind of confirmation on this? This is not good news.
Marcellos has good prices on their extract, dry anyway. About 2 bucks cheaper for a 3lb bag than anybody else in town. (Yeh, I know most of you guys don't use it but I'm still not running with all-grain yet). Their yeast and hops selection is horrible (or hidden).
Bootleggers has only a few items. It is sort of a side business now.
If Redstick goes away, I guess I will resort Brewstock to keep my money semi-local.
Posted on 2/21/11 at 10:19 am to Boudreaux35
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Can we get some kind of confirmation on this? This is not good news.
Per the owners' FB "I don't know if I'm even going to the Beer fest. Looks like I'm closing the shop to re-asses the sitia-tion!"
Then about 3 days later he sent this: "looks like were going to move instead of closing. I will let all of you know the location as soon as I get a lease signed. J"
He was having a clearance sale but I havent gone by yet to see what exactly is happening. But when I spoke to him via text messages he said the end of the month (Feb) would be when he was closing up shop, then all of a sudden he said he is moving. So I dont know.
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