Waaaay Off Topic. BUT,,,,

[Scrappile]

Okay, not in the least related to scrolling, but there is another hobby I have been interested in for a long time, and want to sometime this year give it a try.  Are their any "home brewers" out there?  I would like to try making some home brew again.

I tried once before, when I was a young married man.  It was a total failure.  The beer was a dark beer, and it taste like creosote!   Not at all good.  My young wife said never again.  Now I am an OLD  married man and my ahhh, well,,, not so young any longer wife really doen't care what I try!! 

I have been looking at "starter kits" and there are quite a few ranging from a little over $40 to $200.  I would like to get one that: doesn't break my little bank:  has all I will need to actually make a gallon or more of brew, and is a kit that I can reuse and add to it if I have success.

Any brewers out there that may have experienced suggestions?

[Jim McDonald]

I would venture a guess that if you went to one of the local brew houses and ask the brewer, they might be able to give you LOTS of guidance--especially when the figure out that you are not competing against them.

[WayneMahler]

My youngest brother did this for a while then stopped. Not sure why but he did comment on the cost of the supplies and stuff. 

[amazingkevin]

Mr. Travis is a beer bottler.

[bobscroll]

Hi Paul, I used to make homebrew beer many years ago over here, I got to making 40 bottles a time of bitter, As I remember as it's brewing you to skim off the scum that forms on top of the beer and keep checking the gravity of the beer until it reaches a set number that tell's you it is ready to bottle.

You charge each bottle with half a teaspoon of sugar and carefully fill the bottles leaving about an inch at the top and then cap them all,

Then place in a cool dark place...like a basement for about six weeks, The beer should look clear with a bit of sediment at the bottom of

the bottle.

When you pour the beer do it slowly as to not disturb the sediment at the bottom of the bottle.

P.S. Keep everything CLEAN and you should be alright Paul

Bob 

[Roberta Moreton]

Austin Home brew. Austin, Texas.