I want to brew my own beer and wine?
What equipment will I need, and roughly how much will it cost to buy?
6 Gallon Glass Carboy6 Gallon Glass Carboy
Used for Wine Making or Beer Brewing
Can Use for Fermentation of Wine or Beer or Aging of Wine
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It cost about $5 a gallon (last time I did a brown ale).Depending on how much of a perfectionist you are (fancy hydrometers,stainless steel tanks etc) and how much you want to make,Its just buy a malt extract.Mix with water and yeast.Let sit about 1 month.Bottle.Lagers are a little harder(its the fizz).But its nothing you cant do in a normal kitchen(just sterilize everything before you start. Just use a malt extract its easy.
To some extent, you can use the same equipment for both. A basic kit will set you back about $80, more or less. Your best bet might be eBay or craigslist, picking up a used kit. There was a free kit offered today on the latter. You will also want a book of instructions. I recommend Papazian’s The New Complete Guide to Home Brewing and Berry’s First Steps in Home Winemaking.
Cost of supplies varies with how much of the work you want to do yourself. If you make an all-extract beer, it will cost on the order of $35 for all the supplies to make a 5-gallon batch, about 2 cases of pints. Wine will run about twice as much.
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