Home Brewing Equipment For The Homebrewer
A lot of people love beer and are interested in brewing their own beer, but don’t know where to start. The number one question is usually what type of equipment do I need to start home brewing? Home brewing equipment required to get started is surprisingly quite cheap and easy to obtain, but most people incorrectly think it’s high-priced and difficult to find. This is a discussion about what primary pieces of brewing equipment you’ll need to get started with malt extract brewing.
You’ll need a big pot to boil at least 2 gallons of water, and closer to three gallons is much better for brewing 5 gallon batches. Make certain your brew pot has covered handles so you can easily transport the hot water during brewing. To make sure you have the right temperature values during brewing you’ll want to have a good thermometer. This is essential so you know when you have cooled your wort sufficiently to add the yeast. If the temperature is too hot it may kill the yeast, and too cold the yeast will simply not do anything.
You’ll need a large steel spoon to stir your homebrew, and don’t use a wooden spoon as it may contain bacteria that could possibly infect your beer. Once you have completed brewing the beer you will need to transfer it to a fermentation vessel. Plastic bucket fermenters are the most popular for beginners, but other styles are available. You’ll also need a hydrometer, a device that measures the specific gravity of your beer and helps figure out how much alcohol has been produced during fermentation.
The beer is moved to a bottling bucket once fermentation is completed. To make sure your equipment will not ruin your beer, you need to use a sanitizing solution. To transfer your beer you’ll need to use a siphon together with a plastic hose. After the beer has been transferred to the bottling bucket, you will then need another plastic hose connected to a bottle filler to fill each individual bottle with your home brew. I suggest using a bottle filler as the mechanism inside makes bottling much easier than just using a plain hose.
Your homebrew needs a place to go, so you will also need bottle caps and bottles. You need approximately fifty 12 ounce. bottles for a standard five-gallon batch of home brew. Keep in mind, each bottle must be cleaned out and sanitized before adding your beer. Attaching the bottle caps to the bottles is the last step in making your homebrew. For this you will need to buy a bottle capper, and I recommend you purchase a standing or counter-top version instead of the hand held version. Remember to sanitize the bottle caps as well!
To help filter out debris from your brewing process you will probably want to get a strainer too. A funnel may also prove useful if you’re using a plastic or glass carboy but is not necessary if you use a plastic bucket. To remove easy sample readings of your beer during fermentation, a wine or beer thief is a handy tool to have as well.
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