Homebrew Recipe

Creating a homebrew recipe is not just a cost effective way to brew beer, it's also a lot of fun.  To start creating your own brew doesn't require too much technical knowledge.  You can buy a ready-made-kit from your local brewing suppliers and this contains everything that you need to get started.



So what do you need to get started?

Well, first off you need your ingredients and these will be provided in your kit.  These ingredients will consist of your grain (malt), hops and your yeast.  You will also need water to boil your ingredients.  Now water is very important in the brewing process, I suggest that you filter your water or use bottled water for your brewing.  The reason for this is that hard water from your tap can create a bad tasting and bad smelling beer, so to avoid this use the advice above.

Next you will need some equipment:

•     5 Gallon pot - For boiling your beer.
•     Large metal spoon - To stir your beer.
•     6.5 gallon Fermenting Bucket.
•     6.5 gallon Bottling Bucket with spiket (tap).
•     Bottle Brush - To clean any grime and dirt.
•     Airlock - Goes on top of the fermenting bucket, and helps newly formed gases  to escape the bucket to reduce pressure.
•     Bottle Capper - To cap all the bottles of your new batch of beer.
•     Racking Cane - To siphon beer from container to container.
•     Plastic Tubing - This is attached to the racking cane to aid in the siphoning process.
•     Bottling Tip - Spring loaded bottom which controls the flow of beer into the bottles.
•     Hydrometer - Measures the progress of your beer and also provides you with the alcoholic content.
•     Thermometer - Measures the temperature of the beer.

And there you go, you have your ingredients and your equipment to start brewing up a storm... and then maybe not remember it, and that's the fun of brewing your own homebrew.

Once you have done a few kits you can start to source your own ingredients and start being creative with your own homebrew recipe.