[Closed] Homebrew please recomend me some kits

I've tried a few pricy ones and a few cheap ones. The expensive ones cost more, don't seem any better really. I did try an alcoholic ginger beer kit last summer: it was excellent, made by Coopers.

Coopers kits are excellent and Brupaks are good also.

Boots cookshop own brand used to be good but I've not used them for 4 or 5 years.

Bassspine

Funny old thing I have a Coopers ginger beer on the go as we speak and it will be bottled tomorrow

Ta for the thumbs up

Coopers Brewmaster IPA always turn out alright.

Also the Brewferm abbey stuff.

Woodfordes kits are good, but then again so is there beer.........and the food at the brewery pub next door......and the tour of the place including tasting, need i go on......

>Boots cookshop own brand used to be good but I've not used them for 4 or 5 years.

Boots pulled out of the homebrew market yrs ago.

I strongly recommend [url= http://www.brupaks.com/ ]brupaks[/url] they do a range of [url= http://www.brupaks.com/beerkits2.html ]20l kits[/url] which are the size that most other companies do but they also do smaller [url= http://www.brupaks.com/brubox/index.html ]10l kits[/url] under the BruBox brand (Scroll down for a list of beers). The BruBox kits are intended for brewing in their polythene cube 'kit' but you can make the kit using a normal fermentation bucket which is what I'd recomend as a first go if you haven't made home brew before.

The most important part of the process is cleaning and sterilization

Saladdodger; the ginger beer one is one of the few I've done more than once 😀 enjoy

I found a recipe recently for Honey Botchard, which I made about a decade ago - it uses a pound and a half of honey and an ounce of hops per gallon, and produces an almost lagery slightly bitter result. I do remember [u]feeling[/u] perfectly sober but being unable to stand up after three pints.... Going to make some in the spring 😛

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Honey Botchard

Now bearing in mind I do have my own bee hives, it may be trouble but hey ho 😈

1 oz hops, 1 1/4 lbs honey, 1 gallon of water. bring water to a boil. Add honey and hops. Boil for 30 minutes. Strain. let it cool add yeast, ferment, bottle when it slows down...

How easy is the whole process of home brewing. Quite fancy having a on a budget , what sort of outlay should i expect?

Piece of pea honest

First brew should be on the go for £35 for all the kit you need ( excluding botttles) and that will give you about 40 pints

i wanted to try a kreik belgian beer as i cant find belle vue any more in uk anyone tried that as a homebrew

What bottles do folks use, glass or the PET ones?

Salad dodger.....what list of kit is needed?

I found 20 grolsch bottles in the local recycling centre, which I use for special occasions, and use plastic fizzy bottles for lazy days

A 5 galon brew bucket ( food grade plastic)
Hydrometer
stiring spoon
thermometer
syphon
STERILISER ( this cannot be emphasised enough)

I use a pressure barrel but PET bottles are ok

Any good sites that are reliable to purchase the above?

Ok time to come clean I have used you lads for a bit of info on good kits, because I have just started a market stall in Tiverton selling homebrew.

Bigbloke not on line yet sorry, try a good local independant healthfood shop would be your best bet. Homebrew is infectious and well worth it give it a go

you sneaky wossname!

I'm not far from you (Exeterish) Which market/ when are you there?

Find a good local homebrew shop, failing that Wilkos sell homebrew gear and flog the Woodfordes Wherry kit at around £15 which is the cheapest price you'll find anywhere.

Not sneeky er I call it research

I do the pannier market at Tiverton on saturdays ( shame realy cos it keeps me off the Q's) but there is a goal we are aiming for 😉 clue is in my profile