Home Brew Beer Making Kits |
Question And Answer Category: Home Brewing |
Question: |
| Dear BlankHelp Team, I am interested in home brewing, so I was looking at home brew beer making kit. The type with a couple of buckets and a bottle capper. Does anyone have experience with at home brew beer making kit, and what can you say about them? Or should I skip the home brew beer making kit and start to piece together my own home brew supplies and tools. Thank you, BeerLover |
Our Advice and Answer: |
| Dear BeerLover, Yes we have few home brewers who have experience with once being a first time home brewers, and using a home brew beer making kit. To give you an idea how novice were were as home brewers, our first kit was a beer making kit from a science store. It came with one gallon bottle, some dry malt, and a packet of yeast. It was bad. Then we moved onto a typical home brew beer kit like you described. We liked the beer kit. Some pro's were: 1. Only one item to buy. The basic home brew equipment kit has all the 'reusable' equipment you will need for your home brewing beer needs.. 2. Cheap. Meaning the cost of your beer making kit, will be cheaper than the sum of the item's cost. This way you can get into brewing beer faster, and cheaper. Some con's were: 1. Some equipment was kinda cheap. Functional, but they were items that if you continue home brewing, you will replace with quality equipment. 2. Some home brew beer kits do not come with ingredients, so you might have to buy a beer ingredient kit separately. Something you still have to do if you buy your own individual beer making tools. 3. Brew bucket is small. Typically the kit only comes with a 5 gallon bucket. With time, you will notice this is small if you brew a beer that creates a lot of foam/head. Now if the Con's sound bad against buying a beer making equipment kit, don't let it. The cons are enough that if you are familiar with home brewing, and have access to a local home brew supply store, then you might want to skip it, and move onto buying quality equipment you want to keep for a while. If you only have mail order, and not familiar with home brewing beer, then go with a kit. Many mail order suppliers will provide you with advice, and package the starter kit with a beer recipe kit. So you can start brewing the first day you receive the package. Feel free to ask more questions, we here enjoy homemade beer, and wine, and love talking about home brewing. Good luck with your new hobby. Sincerely, The BlankHelp Team |
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