The Seriously Fun Business of Home Brewing
I have a big basement and am interested in getting into home brewing. Does anyone know of any stores in the DC area to get equipment/yeast/hops? And if not any online stores that people would recommend?
Here are a few places in the DC area that come recommended.
http://www.mdhb.com/
http://www.annapolishomebrew.com/
http://jaysbrewing.com/catalog/
I love good microbrews and have been very curious about brewing some of my own. Are there good starter kits available that could be added on to later down the road if I decide i want to get more in depth? What all will I need if i decide to go with a real set up vs. a Mr Beer style home beer maker? Also are there any good suppliers for equipment and ingredients online? I would appreciate any information for a novice who wants to make some great beer
Anyone of these books will help you especially the first four:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=home+brewing+beer&x=16&y=18
Shops locator
http://www.beertown.org/apps/shops/index.aspx
I agree that Williams is a great site so is the Beverage People in Santa Rosa, CA. Use the phone book for anything local.
You can (after their site rework is completed) use this site to locate a brewing club near you.
Shop kits will do you well but not the "machines." Listing all you need is not worth the effort because so many variables come into play. Choices of what you will need and want is thus best suited to the place you decide to buy your kit from.
Here is an idea from John Palmer of what you may need.
http://www.howtobrew.com/equipment.html
Just do it man. Do not worry about the crap beers you make, and you will brew some, just try to figure it out and do it again.
Networking and brewing experiences are your best teacher and guide to how to proceed in your brewing activity.
I am 19 years old and would like to homebrew hard cider. I live in CT so i would like to know if i am able to go to a homebrew store and buy the supplies needed. DONT LECTURE ME ON DRINKING
you can home brew at 1 year old
drinking the results will vary greatly depending on state
Connecticut doesn’t have any specific laws against underage drinking, its mostly purchase thats illegal
check the niaaa website that gives legal info per sight.
I would like to learn and am starting with complete zero knowledge of home brewing. Need to know things such as the equipment needed, ingredients, process, ect.
As mentioned before, http://howtobrew.com is the best place to start from scratch.
Also, to get a perspective on the supplies you’ll need and encounter, poke through some suppliers’ websites.
My favorite is http://morebeer.com
Hi,
1. Is it legal to brew wine or beer at home in Singapore?
2. If not, where can I get the equipment and raw material?
1. Is it legal to make beer or wine at home?
2. If it is legal, where can I find raw material and equipment.
Yes you can. Walk into any police station here and they will direct you the correct department to get the necessary papers. I know a German pub at Boat Quay who brews their own beer and I can tell you, the taste of the beer is wonderful.
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Does anyone know if there are homebrewing supply stores in Spain? Someone told me that there was a store in Seville. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks
theres loads of stuff like that on ebay
Ok to make a long story short, me and my roommate started making beer a bunch of years ago. We ended up moving out and I gave him all the brewing supplies. A week or so ago I went to my new local Home Brew Shop. Even though it has been a wile since have made my own beer was confident in knowing what equipment I needed to buy and all that. I called up my old roommate and asked him for an old recipe that we used to brew a lot. I later emailed it to the shop and had them get all the ingredients together, so that I could buy the next day. The guy was really shooting me down about my recipe and trying to tell me I didnt know what I was doing. Well I must admit its been 3 years since I brewed last and I have forgot a lot of the terminology but I most defenently got a solid idea of what i’m doing. Please excuse me for going off topic their but when it got to the part were I needed to buy the equipment I grabbed a few fermenting buckets and bottling bucket with a spigot but I could not find air lock lids for them. When I asked the owner for help finding the lids he arrogantly asked me why I needed one. I told him every time I brewed beer I fermented the wort in a air sealed bucket and put a "Three-Piece Airlock" on the lid to monitor the rate at which the bubbles were occurring so you I would have a rough idea of when it was time to bottle or second ferment the beer. At the time I didnt know what they called the Three-Piece Airlock but I described it well enough that he knew what I was talking about. He told me he didn’t sell them and they were obsolete. I told him I didnt understand, I thought that the airlock prevented air from getting in to the ferment but allowed gasses that were made from the brewing process out. He told me that all I needed to do is replace the lid and air lock with plastic wrap and secure it with a rubber band. Well that’s what I’m doing now. I just checked the fermenting beer and I can tell the plastic wrap is swelling and air wants to escape. Obviously I am doing a good job not letting foreign air in but am I hurting the beer by not allowing the new gasses to escape?
I just bought one of those airlocks from my homebrew shop like a week ago, I like to have a few extra for when I lose one. That’s really weird that a staff member wouldn’t know the most obvious part of brewing, the airlock. Like how else does the guy think your supposed to let out CO2 without letting in foreign contaminents? What a doosh. Whatever you remember from when you used to brew is still true, and I would suggest getting your advice from a Charlie Papazian book instead of your homebrew shop.
If you’ve never heard of the books, you could start with "The complete joy of homebrewing".
Advice: Until you get your airlock in the mail, ditch the plastic wrap and use the open fermentation method. You just put the lid on the bucket without securing it in place, so it’s just sitting on there loosely (not a lid with a hole for the airlock though). CO2 will escape, and usually keep out most of the baddies. Bottle as soon as its done, or the CO2 won’t be able keep out the outside air. You should do this for no more than 5 days. So obviously only quick fermenting ales will work with this method. It will work better than the wrap, until you find an airlock.