| When it comes to making beer at home, the first | | | | extract, hammerer's sugar, Belgian Candi sugar, and |
| thing you need to do is to go out and purchase a | | | | rice syrup. Aim for at least two pounds of the |
| very basic home brewing kit. Expect to pay | | | | fermentables. |
| anywhere from $100 to $150 for the kit. To get the | | | | For making beer at home you need to both clean |
| brewing underway you will need a number of items. | | | | and sanitize the equipment you use before you cook |
| In general, this list includes a stopper, a plastic hose, a | | | | up your beer. It is necessary to do this in order to |
| brew pot, a primary fermenter, bottle brush, bottle | | | | keep all of the bacteria and fungi at bay and out of |
| capper (if you choose to use glass bottles), bottles, a | | | | your beverage. Sanitizing goes one step further and |
| bottling bucket and a thermometer. You will also | | | | involves using iodine, chlorine or heat to get rid of |
| require a variety of household items including a small | | | | any existing bacteria. |
| bowl, saucepan, rubber spatula, oven mitts/pot | | | | Next it is time to make your beer following the |
| handlers, and a large mixing spoon that is made of | | | | instructions on the kit closely. Once the beer has |
| either plastic or stainless steel. | | | | been made it needs to go through two stages of |
| The next thing you need to do when it comes to | | | | fermentation- the primary and the secondary and |
| making beer at home is to choose the recipe you are | | | | bottling stage. Beer is called wort when it is time fro |
| going to make and then buy the necessary | | | | the primary fermentation to take place and this |
| ingredients. The smartest move for the novice beer | | | | begins on the first day and carries through to the |
| maker is to buy a prepackaged "beer kit" at the | | | | following three to five days. Once air bubbles appear |
| liquor store. The beer kit will consist of a large can of | | | | then you will know that it is fermenting properly. |
| hopped malt concentrate as well as a package of | | | | The secondary fermentation stage of making beer at |
| yeast. Along with the kit, you will also need to buy | | | | home is when the beer is in the appropriate bottle. |
| what is known as "fermentables". Fermentables form | | | | You can try a little but just a small portion. Make a |
| the basis for the alcohol making process. These items | | | | priming solution using pure dextrose to encourage the |
| include brewers sugar, liquid malt extract, dry malt | | | | carbonation process to take place. |
