PSU Smoker Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Wow so its been about forever since I was on last but just like that im back baby! So anyways I haven't been able to smoke a good hookah in months since I moved and have nowhere to smoke now but that aside I did get a good session in last weekend visiting friends. Since I cant smoke much I have decided to start homebrewing beer. Does anyone have any experience with this? tips to offer? secrets to share? I am thinking of getting a Coopers DIY home brew kit...it seems to have pretty good reviews but id like some other opinions. (link to the kit: http://www.amazon.com/Make-Beer-Coopers-DIY-Micro-Brew/dp/B004QCXWSA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308084845&sr=8-1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainUM Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 tony (allstar) is doing a lot of home brewing this summer so far, so he would probably be the one to talk to about all this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotsi95 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I have been homebrewing for a year and a half. Ill post up some tips and tricks later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezxen Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 [url="http://www.mrbeer.com/"]MrBeer[/url] ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSU Smoker Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Ill have to shoot allstar a msg I've looked at the Mr.Beer kit before but I think I want to make more than 2gal at a time and would therefore quickly upgrade...I also came across this [url="http://www.leeners.com/homebrew-equipment-sets.html"]kit[/url] - id probably spring for the glass one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotsi95 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Honestly see if you have a local home brew store. You can usually get a basic extract kit for ~100 and it will be MUCH better than either of the 2 kits you posted. Dont for get to get a good ss 6gal pot to do you boil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSU Smoker Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) well i thought I had a homebrew store and went to check it out today...google maps completely failed me and it was a residential neighborhood. But there is one about a half hour a way in delaware I am checking out in a few days. But from looking at there site they carry brewers best so we will have to see if they have other items as well but other than that nothing local =( as far as the pot goes I have some 3 gal crab pots in my garage. I am going to start with mash and move to all grain eventually. So do I need to do a full boil for mash? or should I be going partial boil + pre cooled water to get my temp correct quickly? Edited June 16, 2011 by PSU Smoker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onionz Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 A mash is creating wort from pure grain. The correct term you'ree looking for is extract. Start with a good extract, fresh hops, and a good yeast and you won't be dissappointed. My first batch was in a 5gal glass carb. I had so much beer, lol. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ninja Robot Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 hehem. welcome back. I like beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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