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Drink Up!
Your Guide to Home Brewing Made Easy
Amazing ebook shows how to get started, fantastic recipes, and tricks of home brew!
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As with any hobby, there's really no limit to the amount of money you can spend on specialized home brew equipment. From commercial grade fermenting containers to huge boiling pots, a person could stand in a home brew equipment supply store for hours and find everything they need, and many things they obviously don't. This doesn't mean however that everything you see advertised online and in a catalog is unnecessary or just for show. Sometimes there's a reason why a company puts certain accessories or elements into their brewing kits or why they recommended certain products for certain brews.
The Basics
Your home brew equipment is always going to need some basics; just like someone that wants to bake or cook a certain recipe, there are a few things that can be considered essentials. For one, you'll need a large pot or kettle in which you can boil up your mash, which becomes wort or the liquid that will eventually become beer. Depending on the amount of beer you want to make in one batch, a twenty quart pot is usually typical.
You also need two fermenting containers as part of your home brew equipment. The reason you need two is because during the fermenting process you move the liquid from one to the other. This is an absolutely necessary step and can't be skipped, so don't think that you can scrape by with just one. Most home brew equipment kits come with two fermenting containers anyway.
An airlock, a hydrometer, and a thermometer are also your basic needs for your home brew equipment. The airlock keeps air and other particles from getting into your fermenting batch while allowing air to escape; the hydrometer and thermometer are used to measure the alcohol content in the beer, which is how to tell if it's done or not.
And of course all your equipment needs to be sanitized properly; this is essential to your brewing process. Most home brew equipment kits come with sanitizing agents, or you can purchase these separately from your retailer if need be.
Custom Equipment
As we said, there is no end to the amount of home brew equipment you can buy. Custom or deluxe equipment might include chillers for helping the wort to cool before placing it in the fermentation container, and glass fermentation containers as well. These are typically much more expensive than the usual plastic buckets or pails you find included in most home brew equipment kits. These items of course aren't necessary for actually making beer, but can speed up the process and improve its flavor at least somewhat.
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