Hi guys, Just wondering whether anyone could suggest any better kits, or whether these are good: http://www.brewcraftbeer.co.uk/craft-beer-starter-kits-10-c.asp Looking at the 'Bottoms up' IPA. Cheers.
The problem with those kits is they are tiny, most homebrew recipes are for 23l or so rather than 4l . And if you get equipment big enough for a 23l batch, you can still do half sized batches if you find yourself struggling to drink it all That said if you want to see what all grain brewing is about very cheaply then it could be a good way to try it out. And you can reuse the demijohn, thermometer and racking cane if you decide to do more homebrewing or wine making If you want to do big batches then have a look at some of the starter kits from here for example http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk/beer-cider-starter-equipment-c-4.html
Thank you @Hanglow , I appreciate it is a very small amount - plus all the actual vessels for prep would need to be bought seperately which I hadn't considered. If this kit was purchased: http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk...iler-chiller-mashing-bag-mash-kit-p-2426.html Would you need any extra equipment? We're talking £50 more than the other place, but if it's a better outlay it'd probably be OK.
That is just the equipment to mash, boil and cool the wort. You'd also need equipment to ferment it in like this http://www.thehomebrewcompany.co.uk...arter-kit-includes-33lt-fermenters-p-968.html plus there's a few more things I'd recommend to like star san sanitiser instead of the one they give you, various water treatment salts which will depend on your water Are dead set on starting with all grain brewing? Because you can simplify things a bit to begin with by using malt extract instead. I'd read a book about homebrewing first, this online one is a bit outdated but is still very good http://www.howtobrew.com/ Or there are some basic tutorials on JBK http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/
Ahh yes, of course. Pretty set on starting with all grain; unless there's an excellent IPA kit you can recommend to start? Thanks again
For modern IPAs I'd probably skip the prehopped kits But you can make some nice extract IPAs, where you do a full boil and add whatever hops you want. This means you wouldn't need a mash tun or do the mash, so you will save at least an hour and a half, probably closer to at least two hours on each brew day. There are loads of youtube clips of the different types of homebrewing, have a gander if you have not allready done so to see what each method entails
