Owning Your Own Brewery

If like me you are a dedicated beer drinker you may have dreamed of one day owning your own beer brewery.

Of course owning your own brewery is just another of those wild fantasies that you could not possibly make come true...Or is it?

In fact hundreds of thousands of individuals like yourself have discovered just how easy it is to own their own brewery and produce high quality beer to their own personal taste and specification.

Here is a list of the equipment you will need to build your own basic brewery and get started on the path of producing excellent quality homemade beer.

• Cleaner and Sanitiser
• Bottles and Bottle caps
• 1 Large Pot
• 1 Fermentation Container
• 1 Airlock
• 1 Hydrometer
• 1 Thermometer
• 1 Bottling Tube

There are a few other items you will need but they are ordinary household things you will probably already have, I have only listed the things you will likely have to go out and buy.

Let's look at these items in a little more detail:

Cleaner and Sanitiser: It is vitally important that all your beer making equipment is scrupulously clean. This is not just for hygiene reasons, any dirt at all on your beer making equipment will Seriously affect the taste of your beer. Don't get too worried about it though, general detergent and bleach is fine when used correctly.

Bottles and bottle caps: Bottles can work out quite expensive (you're probably going to need a lot ) So start saving yours now and ask your beer drinking friends to save theirs.

It is OK to use the cheaper plastic bottles available from your local homebrew store but these are usually clear plastic and you should be aware that light will adversely affect the taste of your beer. For that reason, wherever possible I try to use brown bottles.

Large Pot: You'll be boiling up a couple of gallons of water as well as a couple of kilos of malt extract so go bigger rather than smaller.

Fermentation Container: I used to use a small plastic dustbin but it is better to buy a purpose made fermentation container from your home brew shop. Don't be temped to buy anything that is too flimsy.

Airlock: This is a simple shaped tube with water in it that allows gas out of your fermentation container without letting air in ( like a drain u bend that stops smells coming back up your washbasin).

Hydrometer: A hydrometer tests the density of a liquid and you must learn how to use one of these correctly.

Thermometer: It is crucial that your homebrew is fermented at the correct temperature.

A plastic strip thermometer that can be stuck to the outside of your fermenter is ideal for you to make regular quick checks on your brews temperature.

Bottling Tube: This is used to syphon the brewed beer from the fermenter into your bottles. There are several different types available, some of them quite clever that automatically start the flow of brew when it hits the bottom of your bottle.

So that's it all you need now is a basic homebrew kit and some expert advice about Home Beer Making and you can get started with your own brewery

Glynn is often referred to as EarnaLot on the internet and he started making homebrew whilst he was still at school. Under his host site, Earnalot he recently started publishing a series of review site's covering a variety of topics and has published a review with a page full of useful links for those interested in, Home Beer Brewing

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