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Home Brewing Equipment Cleaning and Sterilization

Cleaning and sanitizing home brewing equipment is the most important and often most neglected step in the brewing process. If the brewing equipment is not cleaned and sanitized properly it can ruin the batch. You put hours of work into your beer, so why take a risk? Cleaning and sanitizing is easy and quick, and … Continue reading »

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Home Brewing Kit Glass Carboy Advantages

My last post discussed plastic primary fermenter options and their advantages and disadvantages. Plastic Ale Pails are cheap, easy to carry (handle), and they do a good job of shielding your brew from the sun. The next step up from a plastic Ale Pail would be a Glass Carboy. Glass Garboy Advantages:  Visibility (watch the fermentation … Continue reading »

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Plastic Primary Fermenter Options for Home Brewing

Fermentation takes around two weeks to complete, and could take significantly longer depending on what style of beer you are making. The wort (unfinished beer) stays in the primary fermenter or carboy for this amount of time. It’s important that you choose the right primary fermenter or carboy, as your wort will be stored there … Continue reading »

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Beginners Home Brewing Kit

I found a new Home Brewing Kit for beginners that has a higher capacity than some of the compact starter kits mentioned in previous posts. The Beginners Home Brewing Kit contains all the basic equipment that you need to start brewing, but it does not contain the ingredients. I started out on a similar system, … Continue reading »

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The Beer Machine Home Brewing Kit Review

I’ve never quite seen anything like the Beer Machine Home Brewing Kit. It’s completely self contained and if you use the Beer Machine Ingredients it only ends up costing about 30 cents a glass. This picture is what caught my eye: It’s really great that the Beer Machine fits right in the fridge. It’s got … Continue reading »

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Coopers DIY Home Brewing Kit Review

If you are new to home brewing, a home brewing kit is definitely the way to go. One of the most popular Home Brewing Kits is the Coopers DIY Beer Home Brewing Kit. They provide everything you need to start brewing good quality beer. The kit comes with the following items: 30 Liter Fermenter to … Continue reading »

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