Getting Started on Brewing Your Own Beer

This section is going to show you how to get started on brewing. Most things that you need for brewing are already in your house but some things are most likely not in your kitchen (like a hydrometer)

First off, you are going to need a brew kettle big enough to fit at least 3 gallons of water or more into. This is not too uncommon, I personally use a large turkey frying pot that I find to be perfect for brewing. If you don't have a turkey frying pot a large sauce pan will be just fine.

To the right you can see my simple brewing setup with the turkey frying pot on top of a propane burner. I personally like brewing useing a propane burner instead of a stove top because it heats up the water in a fraction of the time and it allows one to enjoy the great outdoors while brewing.

Here's some other things that you probably can find around the house:

-Big Stirring Spoon

-Small Soup Pan

-Sponges

-Measuring Cups

-Funnel

Here are other things you probably don't have but need to buy:

-Food Grade Plastic Bucket (5 Gallons)

-Plastic or Glass Carboy

-Hydrometer

-Fermentation Lock with Stopper

-Thermometer

-Sanitizing Solution

These are the basic materials that you will need to get started so while you rally up all of these things I'm going to enjoy one of these homebrews that I just recently made.