Home Brewing
 

Anyone here brew their own beer? I'm looking to get into it and wanted to know what kit to start off with.

shit... where do i start???

yes, ive been brewing for years, its fucking great. what would you like to brew? ale, lager, stout, porter, wine, methaglin?

You dont really need a kit, however, some people make amateur kits out of (2) 5 gal. buckets, modified with spiggots, airlock, etc...

I recommend finding one of those... they usually come with a capper, bag of caps, airlock, guide, thermometer, and all the other shit you need.

Then you will need a recipe that will call for malt, hops, yeast, sugar, etc... you will boil your mash in 2 1/2 gallons of water for awhile, then transfer that to another 2 1/2 gallons of water, cap, add yeast, put in closet for 2 weeks.

If your mix hasnt blown its load (and if it does, just put cap back on and cleanup the crud.) you are now ready to bottle the beer, cap it and let it sit for another 2 weeks.

whallah, you have beer!

That's awesome. I've thought about brewing beer but never got around to it. Back in highschool I made wine because it was easy, cheap, and we were all 15, 16 etc.

What's the highest alchohol % you've had? I had a buddy make some potent shit..2 beers would get you buzzed..I think it was like 12 %

Ive made around 8% (16 proof)


average beer has around 4% (8 proof)


I make a red ale that could win awards, it's fucking good.

(last batch gave me the farts though.... shhhhh... dunno what happened)