Grain, Hops, and Yeast If you have a nearby homebrew store, there is nothing wrong with supporting them by buying most of your ingredients from them for your brews. A local business gives that one to one connection as you are close to the owner and can tell they are passionate about their business. Unfortunately,
When I first started thinking about brewing my own beer, it was a bit daunting trying to decide what equipment I needed and how much I wanted to spend. Like most hobbies, the sky is the limit when it comes to cost. If you go to any beer store or website, you will almost always
For primary fermentation, if using 5 gallon carboys, you almost always want to use a blow-off hose. For larger carboys, such as 6 and 6.5 gallon, you can probably get by with using the airlock for most beers. When doing secondary, a blow-off hose shouldn’t be necessary, no matter the fermenter size. Below is a
After having been brewing for a couple years, my stainless steel pot no longer had that nice shine it first had when I bought it. It was time to do a ‘deep’ clean and re-passivate the stainless steel. Doing searches on the web showed results that talk about using nitric acid to passive the stainless.