do it man, kits can be had for less than $50, all you do is follow the directions if you dont know what you're doing, if you can make mac and cheese, you can make beer.
I want to try it so bad but I don't like the fact of using prepackaged **** I want to get a whole grain kit and go straight from scratch. Your stout sounds pretty good btw hope it turns out as good as it sounds.
The ones at Whole Foods use whole grain kits, only liquid extract is for the hops sometimes
Where I live has quite a lot of mills and sell a lot of grain and things and I can get a 50lb bag of wheat or whatever grain for cheap. I want to get a nice kit and just go ape shit.
store kits usually limit you to small (1gal) batches, so you'll have to piece together the equipment if you want to make more
Yea I know I've been looking on line for a little while just haven't done it. Probably will pull the trigger this summer.
That's what I was afraid of I actually haven't looked at any local to see how good of quality they were but before I buy I will.
honey browns?Bought a 6 pack of this tonight:
I like this beer for sure. Right behind Newcastle for bottled now. I've determined I really love brown ales. To the point where anything lighter tastes like deer piss. And yes, I have tasted it. Don't ask.
I bought a book about beermaking. Very informative and well worth the 10$ i paid for it. It was just a small, maybe 70ish pages. Dont remember the name. If i remember ill look when i get home. It shows what you'll need to get started.
The main reason you make ales when beginning to home brew is because they can be fermented at room temperature. Certain types of beers need to be feremented at different temps, for instance lagers need to be fermented in cold temps.
