fruit beer receipes?

Hi, this seems the last non-spam message?

Anyone lurking?

I'm lurking. Haven't brewed since I made a small batch of strawberry mead a year ago.

john

Hi John, I'm curious on starter kits that are just fun to play with and won't make me broke.

Starter kits for beer, mead, cider? Do you have any gear at all, or are you looking for a kit that includes the equipment you'll need too?

If you've got a local brewing store, they can probably help you piece together what you need to get a basic brew going, as long as you're clear on what you actually want ("my first brew, with extracts" not "advanced all-stainless homebrew installation"). Cider and mead are way easier in my opinion than beer, especially if you enjoy your cider still (a good still cider or mead beats a white wine, in my opinion).

john

To: cshenk Re: Re: fruit beer receipes? By: cshenk to alt.beer.home-brewing on Wed Jan 10 2024 02:51 pm

cs> Hi John, I'm curious on starter kits that are just fun to play with and cs> won't make me broke.

An extract kit. a 1-5 gallon pot, the ability to boil it, a fermenting bucket (usually a 5-7 gallon pail with a lid that seals, and a hole for an airlock or blowoff hose), and sanitizers.

Then you'll need bottles to bottle it (and a good way to transfer from the buckets to the botles. siphon tubes are fine. just make sure they're sanitized!)

You can probably get everything you need for $50-$75.

Unless you want to go all grain. that's an entirely differen beast.

My setup, which has been sitting here in my basement collecting dust for a good 2-3 years has probably cost me over $2500

I really need to do something with it.

DaiTengu

...Ahhhhhhhh, I forget what I was going to say.

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To: cshenk Re: Re: fruit beer receipes? By: cshenk to alt.beer.home-brewing on Wed Jan 10 2024 02:51 pm

cs> Hi John, I'm curious on starter kits that are just fun to play with and cs> won't make me broke.

RiteBrew has a few good basic howtos. on getting started. They're located near me, and It's where I get all my equipment an grains from when I brew (or when I used to brew? as I said, I should get back into it!)

...Heavy, adj.: Seduced by the chocolate side of the force.

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