How hard is brewing your own beer? I have only ever made some stuff in my own metal pot with some malt, sugar and yeast, tasted lovely but i want to branch out. What equipment do you need?

>>19205635 (OP)

it's very simple just tedious. you really just need a carboy, pressure release valve, gravity hydrometer, bottle capper. you really don't need a whole lot

>How hard is brewing your own beer?

Well not ver-

>I have only ever made some stuff in my own metal pot with some malt, sugar and yeast

Okay, so basically you've already made beer.



You don't need a carboy and a co2 system if you bottle condition your beer. Its better for beginners who might not wanna invest a lot of money in the beginning.

>basically you've already made beer.

Dang. How do i evolve from that?

>>19205635 (OP)

move on to partial mashing, I am attempting a spotted cow recipe soon. I'm using relatively cheap equipment left over from when my family used to ferment wine together.

>>19205635 (OP)

It's easy. I brew a 10L / 2.5 gallon batch every month or two. There are plenty of good starter kits and partial mash or fresh wort recipe kits out there on homebrew shops.



I'll give you a tip: what makes a good beer isn't extract vs all grain brewing, it's getting everything else right ;) pick up a good, recent homebrew book and you'll be laughing.

also hit up homebrew general on /diy/ with any further questions OP

>>19205635 (OP)

I am kinda tired of supermarket beer so how hard would it be for a beginner to brew better beer than say tyskie? is that realistic or am I just gonna end up making below average booze where the time investment isn't even worth it?

Don't let that precious spic meal angel baby drink beer

This and go to YouTube and watch videos on brewing. I'd learn about making cider and basic wines first before moving onto beer but if you wanted you could start with beer. You can make beer exactly to your liking with whatever ingredients you want. There are wheat beers, rye beer, you could add no hops if you want, so many possibilities. I started off learning cider first

>>19205635 (OP)

its genuinely a lot easier than reading about it would make you think. you pretty much just need

>a container that can hold hot water safely

>a container that can be fitted with an airlock

>a sanitizing agent (bleach can be used, but only if it has no weird ingredients, and you have to wait for sanitized equipment to dry, or rinse it off. star-san is easier.

>bottles (flip-top will be your best friend if you want to operate on a budget)

>basic tools that should already be in your kitchen (funnels, a scale, ladles, cups)

>a recipe, and it is also easier to make your own recipe than you would think.

if you want to get fancy, you can buy things like hydrometers and brew bags, they're good to have and aren't particularly expensive, but you don't need them to brew.

not my problem

>>19205635 (OP)

I'd say start out with a saison. You don't have to fuck with fermentation temp too much and if it gets infected, it might turn into a "farmhouse" saison. Very forgiving style.
