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Birrofilo wrote: ↑Agreed.Fri Sep 20, 2019 3:47 am
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"Kit" is an ambiguous term in homebrewing.
A "Kit" can be a can of hopped malt extract with a small plastic bag of dried yeast, like in your third example, without the actual "gear".
A "kit" can be the "gear" (fermenter etc.) without the hopped malt extract.
A "kit" can be the sum of both above definitions."Kit" is an ambiguous term in homebrewing.A "Kit" can be a can of hopped malt extract with a small plastic bag of dried yeast, like in your third example, without the actual "gear".A "kit" can be the "gear" (fermenter etc.) without the hopped malt extract.A "kit" can be the sum of both above definitions.
Agreed.To brew, you need both ingredients and equipment. The only one of the kits that you've listed here that contains quality equipment is the Brooklyn Brewing kit, but that equipment is only good for one gallon. If you stick with beer brewing, you're going to want to do batches larger than that and you will end up buying more equipment. Also, that gallon glass bottle is going to be very hard to clean. As to the Mr. Beer kit, that is entirely cheap plastic. It'll do, but good basic equipment is not much more expensive.I would also add that all of the kits you've linked to are intended for the person who will maybe only do it once, not someone who is looking to brew regularly.Homebrewing websites like Northern brewer will sell you good basic kits (although for some reason theirs includes a pot, which most folks don't need). I like the kit from Bitter and Esters, and I like the variety of recipes they have available.In my opinion, someone who is serious about brewing beer needs to have:A large pot with a lid (you probably already have this)2 white plastic fermenting buckets with spigot attachments (these are called fermenters. Don't get the pretty looking clear carboys, they are too difficult to clean)1 lid for one of the buckets with a hole for the airlock1 airlock (I prefer the 3-piece airlocks)1 thermometer (a floating thermometer is great)1 triple scale hydrometer1 test cylinder (it's like a large graduated cylinder)1 bottle capper1 siphonTubing to go with the siphon1 bottling wandA big spoon, not wood (you probably already have this)1 bottle cleaning brushBottle capsGlass beer bottlesSanitizer, like StarSanHow to Brew by John Palmer (if you are interested in learning, this is the only book you need)I have yet to see a starter kit that includes a test cylinder or bottles (or the book).I think a beginning brewer is best starting out with a partial mash kit. This includes some specialty malts for flavor, but the bulk of it is malt extract, which is harder to mess up. These kits also don't require as big a pot as all grain kits do, and you don't have to worry about learning about lautering and sparging (or being set up for boil in bag) just yet. I have had great success with kits from Bitter and Esters.Bear in mind, going forward, that this is a distilling forum and that there are other forums out there that are dedicated to homebrewing where you will probably get better answers to your questions. It is not at all clear from your post that you have any interest in distilling, so I think some folks are confused about whether you are looking for a setup that will also work for distilling.Also, on this forum we ask that everyone introduce themselves in the welcome center before posting questions. Please do so.
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