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Originally Posted by agulati
Ended up going with a brew kit for the first round. Picked up a blonde ale wort from Grapes to Glass. Picked up their base brewing setup (Primary bucket, carboy, siphon, hydrometer, thermometer cleaning supplies etc).
Been fun so far. Currently the beer is bottled and on the clock. We tried the beer prior to bottling, and it is definitely very promising.
We also picked up an oatmeal stout wort which we are going to use for our second beer.
Excited to move to the next stage which would include picking up an actual kit and making our wort from it. Eventually would love to start it from grain etc, explore kegging the beer.
Definitely a fun hobby.
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It's been a while since I did it, but if you are using the Brewhouse home brew wort kits, FOR SURE toss that garbage yeast in the trash and get a better one. The Vineyard used to have them all in a fridge beside the kits, along with all kinds of stuff for dry hopping, or even steeping different additives to create a better wort.
Hack the kit using one of these
http://www.thevineyard.ca/making-beer?articleid=90
I made some really good beer using that method before going all grain.