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− | There | + | There is some basic equipment that all brewers need; this can be home made, store bought individually, or bought as complete kit. Before you buy your kit you need to consider several things. |
*Space available | *Space available | ||
*Your budget | *Your budget | ||
*The type of brewing you want to do | *The type of brewing you want to do | ||
− | *If you want to progress | + | *If you want to progress to other types of brewing |
− | Some basic equipment can be used for for different types of brewing and can be | + | Some basic equipment can be used for for different types of brewing and can be utilized as you progress, others will not be suitable for the more advanced levels of brewing and may be delegated to other jobs. |
− | Not many brewers jump into All grain brewing and usually "cut | + | Not many brewers jump into All grain brewing and usually "cut their teeth" on extract kits. With a little bit of care you can make sure the kit you buy will grow with you rather than requiring an upgrade as you advance your brewing level. |
Revision as of 15:06, 20 August 2007
There is some basic equipment that all brewers need; this can be home made, store bought individually, or bought as complete kit. Before you buy your kit you need to consider several things.
- Space available
- Your budget
- The type of brewing you want to do
- If you want to progress to other types of brewing
Some basic equipment can be used for for different types of brewing and can be utilized as you progress, others will not be suitable for the more advanced levels of brewing and may be delegated to other jobs.
Not many brewers jump into All grain brewing and usually "cut their teeth" on extract kits. With a little bit of care you can make sure the kit you buy will grow with you rather than requiring an upgrade as you advance your brewing level.
Contents
Standard Kit
Things that are standard requirements across all kits.
A thermometer
A hydrometer (optional but advised)
A long handled spoon
A strainer or grain bag for steeping grains and hops
Air lock and blow off tube.
Bottle capper, bottles and caps.
Extract
You can get away with a fermenter and just about nothing else if you use pre-hopped no boil kits with just a few items from the kitchen. You will get beer but there's not much fun in that. Lets say you want to follow recipes and add your own hops and maybe steep some specialty grains.
Budget
- 2-3 gallon pot for the stove top
- 1 plastic pail fermenter
Standard
- 4-5 gallon pot for the stove top
- 1 plastic pail fermenter
- 1 carboy (glass or better bottle) secondary fermenter
- 1 plastic bottling bucket
- Airlock
- Hydrometer
- Racking tube with tip
- 6ft siphon tube
- Funnel
- Bottle filler
- Bottle caper
Deluxe
- 7-9 gallon pot for Propane or Natural Gas Burner
- 1 6-6.5 gallon Carboy (Glass or Better Bottle) fermenter with bung
- 1 5 gallon Carboy (Glass or Better Bottle) Secondary fermenter with bung
- Blow off Tube
- Airlock
- Hydrometer
- Thermometer
- Auto Siphon
- 6ft Siphon Tube
- Counter Pressure Bottle Filler
- Bottle Caper
Partial Mash
Budget
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Deluxe
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All Grain
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Sources
External Links
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