Can anyone recommend some good home brew beer making kits? Looking at it being a hobby as well a thirst quencher with summer coming on. Has anyone had any experience with starter kits for the Brewshop - they sell for around $350 - any good or should I look at something bigger? Cheers.
budgel,
Oct 22, 4:30pm
I started brewing with a 20 litre pail with a lid. The pail originally held a commercial quantity of mayonnaise. I bought a plastic air lock and away I went. I still use that system as 20 litres a time is manageable for me.
I like the Coopers ingredients kits which cost around around $13 at the supermarket. I bottle in PET bottles which are cheaper full of Pams Ginger ale than empty from suppliers.
$350 buys quite a lot of beer, consider putting your own components together.
wheelz,
Oct 22, 4:30pm
in Levin . $98.00 . $350 is over the top! http://www.simplybrewing.co.nz/copper-tun-starter-brewery-kit/ All you'd need to buy is a capper $33.00 , $6:50 pkt of crowns. We bought a crate of empties from a liquor store for approx $10, cleaned and sterilised. all good.
+1 husband does the same, Coopers and he has 2 of the old style brew containers - bought off Trademe ages ago. Hauraki Home Brew place good for stuff like the sterlilising solution. (Not the kits - he buys that at Pak N Save)
cleggyboy,
Oct 22, 8:39pm
I brewed more batches than I can remember, used to have two tanks on the go. Mostly I brewed Geordie Lager I bottled into 500ml brown plastic bottles, so I bottled one batch and immediately put down another. Gave it up cos I developed a kind of gout, but it only affected me with yeast type beers, the chemically brewed brewery beers don't affect me.
xs1100,
Aug 21, 10:49pm
get the kits from the supermarket but throw the yeast away and get a better quality from yr local brew shop and leave down as long as possible plenty of cheap starter kits on here
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