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It’s no wonder that home brewing has seen such a surge in popularity recently. Beer lovers – searching for premium beer flavor – faced with an easy and inexpensive method of making delicious home brewed beer have started brewing their own in droves. Home brew equipment kits are readily available to help you get started at a reasonable price, like which is available for . Just add ingredients and you are well on your way to preparing delicious and cheap homemade beer.

is an affordable option for the first time home brewer who wants to get their feet wet without a large investment. Unlike our competitors who up their price by packaging your kit with equipment you probably won’t ever use, we only give you exactly what you need.

The most important element of any home brewing kit is the primary fermenter – an airtight food-grade 5 gallon container with an airlock on the lid. Your beer will spend the most time in here. Once you have mixed the ingredients to make your beer into what’s called the wort, you pour the wort into the fermenting container to allow the alcohol to be produced. The container must be airtight so that oxygen does not get in to disrupt the fermentation process. But the airlock allows the carbon dioxide and other gases that are produced during fermentation to escape without causing your soon-to-be beer to explode.

While you’re waiting for your beer to ferment, you can test the wort using something called a hydrometer to see how far along it is. A hydrometer – which looks a lot like a thermometer – measures the wort’s specific gravity while fermentation is taking place. This is used to determine the alcohol content of your beer and tells you when your beer is ready to bottle.

Once your beer is done fermenting, you will transfer it into a bottling bucket using a straightforward siphon. The bottling bucket is outfitted with a spigot that makes it easy to pour your beer into their destined container. In addition to this, by siphoning the beer into a secondary container, you can separate the beer from the residue that will collect at the bottom of your primary fermenter. Once your beer is in the bottling bucket, you will mix it with some sugar to start the carbonation process and then pour it into its intended bottles.

Your home brewing kit will also contain a non-porous heat resistant brewing paddle as well as no-rinse sterilizer powder. A very important part of brewing beer at home is preventing contaminants from getting into your wort. Even the slightest contaminant can result in beer with a funny taste. The no-rinse sterilizer is an easy way to clean your equipment before you begin brewing. When making your wort, many people opt to use a wooden spoon to stir. However, because wood is porous this can result in impurities held in the wood entering your wort. For this reason, we include a non-porous brew paddle with all our kits.

Beer College’s Home Brewing Starter Kit does not contain beer bottles, bottle caps or a capper. While these can be worth the investment down the road, we find most beginner brewers prefer to bottle their beer in empty soda bottles – or PET bottles. PET bottles are strong enough to withstand the pressure from carbonation and function just as well as beer bottles. Not only does bottling using PET bottles save a considerable amount of time and help the environment, it also keeps down your residual costs whenever you go to brew up a new batch!

Ready to get started? Find out how you can begin brewing your own beer at home for using .

What’s better than brewing your own beer? Having friends who brew. Thnx Brent

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Question by urbanbutterfly: How much does it cost to brew your own beer?
What does the average set up cost, and after that what do you think it costs to brew beer…. I am interested in this for a hobby and am wondering if it is really cost effective or if it is about the same…I like to throw occasional parties, so I am sure it would all be enjoyed…

Best answer:

Answer by bobby
3 billion dollars

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It’s no secret that brewing your own beer at home can lead to considerable savings over buying beer. While you’d be hard-pressed to find a premium beer taste for under .25 a bottle at a store, it’s more than possible to home brew an even better tasting beer for around .25 a bottle.

Looking for ways to squeeze extra pennies out of your home brewing experience? Here are Beer College’s Top 5 Tips for Saving Money on Home Brewing!

Lot’s of places will offer to sell you new empty beer bottles when you start home brewing. Instead of spending the extra money on new bottles, just reuse some of your old ones. Old bottles will work equally as well – just remember to give them a good cleaning first! And make sure the bottles have screw-off caps and not snap-off ones to withstand the pressure from carbonation.

Some home brewing guides will recommend that in order to get the best taste out of your beer, you need to spend the money on distilled or spring water. We at Beer College respectfully disagree. On top of adding an unnecessary cost to your brewing process, the difference in taste is minor. In fact, the hard water that comes out of your tap can actually improve the taste of your beer.

When you start brewing your own beer, you might opt for a pre-made ingredient kit to help keep things simple. These kits can be a great way to get the hang of home brewing, but they add considerably to your cost. Instead, find a recipe you like the sound of and buy the ingredients individually. Not only will it give you a more full appreciation of what goes into beer, it could save you as much as every time you go to brew a new batch.

Screw top soda bottles – AKA PET bottles – function just as well as beer bottles when it comes to storing your beer. They are strong enough to withstand the pressure from the carbonation process and can save a lot of time and money when it comes to capping. Whenever you finish off a bottle of Coke, just wash out the bottle and store it somewhere clean for the next time you home brew. You’ll be helping the environment too!

Before you begin brewing your own beer, you’ll need to invest in some basic equipment. Beer College’s Home Brewing Starters Kit contains everything you need to start brewing beer and is – cheaper than all of our competitors. (Feel free to check – you’ll be back!) Why? Because unlike our competitors who up their price by packaging your kit with equipment you probably won’t ever use, we only give you exactly what you need.

What’s better than brewing your own beer? Having friends who brew. Thnx Brent

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