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Originally Posted by McG
i will try to find the name of the brand as it is awesome and post it on this thread but there are a variety of different types of beer from lager to IPA to stouts. all of them good if you like that sort of thing hehheh (and i do!).
the best place to start (cheaply) is to look for garage sales which should be out there right now. usually, someone is selling a used wine making kit and that will give you most of the equipment that you need to start. oh yah and you will also have a winemaking kit as well as beer!
you need a large plastic pail for the primary fermentation and it should come with a cover. you need a glass carboy for secondary fermentation. you need an air lock for the carboy. you need beer sterilant. I cannot stress this enough. you MUST use BEER STERILANT and not wine sterilant. you need a couple of hoses to transfer the beer during its processes. you need a bottling gizmo which releases the beer as you press down on it. you will need a big plastic spoon. you will need a large sink and an area that doesn't have animals around.
i'm going to post this and do part 2.
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That's what I use as well. The premade wort comes in a green box, but the name escapes me right now. It's so much easier than trying to boil a wort and having it stink up your kitchen or worse yet boil over on your stove. You basically pour it into a big bucket (primary fermenter) add water, cover it and let it sit a few days. The beer making process is painfully easy, but sterilization is key to ensuring it doesn't taste like crap.
Try Ebay for all your requirements as well. Loads of people selling off old equipment they don't use anymore.
I have also used bleach tabs to clean everything (the kind you use on clothing) and found them to work fine. Just be careful to use the right amount of water, or else you end up killing all your yeast and it won't carbonize. That or it tastes a little bleachy, which is no good either.