| you can start brewing beer, you'll need tohave the | | | | brew. |
| right equipment. If this is your firsttime brewing, you | | | | If you look around, you may be able to find a kit |
| should start simple. Before you begin, the first thing | | | | that will contain everything you need. You can |
| that you'll need is a brew-pot. Before you rush out | | | | purchase kits on the internet, many of which offer |
| and buy one, youmay already have one that will | | | | the top quality equipment you'll need to brew. All you |
| work just fine. | | | | have to do is look aroundthe net, as there are many |
| The pot should hold at least three gallons of liquid. | | | | different web sites that offer equipment for |
| The next thing you'll need is a fermenter. For the | | | | micro-brews. |
| average five gallon batch, the fermenter should hold | | | | If you don't want to buy a kit, you can always buy |
| six gallons or more, allowing space for a foam that | | | | each piece of equipment separately. This tends to be |
| will form during the vigorousprocess of fermentation. | | | | a bit more expensive than buying a kit, although you'll |
| For this stage, a glass carboy or food grade plastic | | | | be able to pick each piece of equipment yourself, |
| bucket is often used. You'll also need an airlock for | | | | without having totake what's included in the kit. |
| your fermenter to allow the C02 to escape while also | | | | Once you get all of the necessary Beer Making |
| keeping the air out. A siphon hose is also needed to | | | | Supplies together, you should know how to use it |
| transfer beer from the fermenter when it's ready, | | | | before you get started. This way, you won't run |
| without having to mix air into it. | | | | intoany problems once you start brewing. The |
| A bottling bucket will also help to make the process | | | | equipment needed for brewing is easy to use, so |
| much easier. Bottling buckets are similar to | | | | you shouldn't have any problems. |
| fermenters, except the fact that they have a spigot | | | | Brewing micro-brews can be both fun and exciting, |
| at the bottom that allows you to fill the bottles | | | | especially when you start brewing your own |
| directly, which makes the entire process less messy | | | | creations. You can drink the brew yourself, or serve |
| and gets things done much quicker. You'll also need a | | | | it to friends and family. Micro-brews are fun to drink |
| capper to seal your bottles; as bottles and caps or | | | | and create - which makes having the proper |
| even a keg will be needed to store and serve your | | | | equipment all the more while. |