It has never been simpler to make home brew. There are numerous different starter kits available on the market, which are available from all good home brew supply shops and a limited number of larger supermarkets. The hobby has seen an increase in popularity in the UK in recent years as people see to tighten their belts.
First-time home brewers would be well recommended to purchase a kit from one of the many places where they can be found. There are various types of starter kits usually ranging from about 20 for the most basic.
In general, a starter kit should contain the basic items you need at least to perform the first fermentation of your brew. The items needed are generally a bucket for fermentation, a syphoning tube, yeast, malt extract and sugar. You will find that most starter kits will not contain sugar, but if you spend a bit more, you will probably get some brewers sugar, as opposed to using normal household sugar. Usually, but not always, they will provide something to put it in afterwards.
To prepare your brew, it is first necessary to mix your ingredients in the fermentation bucket: malt extract mixed with hot water and the sugar. Then you will need to add up to another 19 litres of cold water and to allow the mixture to come to somewhere near room temperature before adding the yeast. Add your yeast and then it will take up to 6 days to transform the sugar to alcohol.
After this first process is finished, it will be time to bottle your beer (or to put it in a pressurised barrel). It will need to be primed with enough sugar so that gas can be formed from the remaining yeast, but not so much that too much gas will be produced, usually about teaspoon per litre. After bottling, you wait another 2 weeks and you should have the perfect brew.
First-time home brewers would be well recommended to purchase a kit from one of the many places where they can be found. There are various types of starter kits usually ranging from about 20 for the most basic.
In general, a starter kit should contain the basic items you need at least to perform the first fermentation of your brew. The items needed are generally a bucket for fermentation, a syphoning tube, yeast, malt extract and sugar. You will find that most starter kits will not contain sugar, but if you spend a bit more, you will probably get some brewers sugar, as opposed to using normal household sugar. Usually, but not always, they will provide something to put it in afterwards.
To prepare your brew, it is first necessary to mix your ingredients in the fermentation bucket: malt extract mixed with hot water and the sugar. Then you will need to add up to another 19 litres of cold water and to allow the mixture to come to somewhere near room temperature before adding the yeast. Add your yeast and then it will take up to 6 days to transform the sugar to alcohol.
After this first process is finished, it will be time to bottle your beer (or to put it in a pressurised barrel). It will need to be primed with enough sugar so that gas can be formed from the remaining yeast, but not so much that too much gas will be produced, usually about teaspoon per litre. After bottling, you wait another 2 weeks and you should have the perfect brew.
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