hey, Not done anything like this before so i am a real newbie.. been drinking real ales for about a year now and love them. i have decided that i would like to start brewing myself. have a couple of questions though before i commit to this.
1. How much space do i need to be able to brew and store my beer?
2. Do i need a celler or loft?
Cheers
a couple of questions.
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bladesfan
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prodigal2
For a Pale ale brupaks, fixby Gold is a real crowd pleaser here on the forum.
http://www.brupaks.com/fixbygold.htm
For your belgian style beers Brewferm produce some great kits.
http://www.brewferm.be/en/index.htm
Its worth noting that the higher alchol beers require 2 or more months to condition before drinking, so it may be worth doing a couple of pale ale to get your stocks up before commiting to a Belgian beer.
Also check out DaaBs website on making up a kit. Its got alot of people making good beer from the off.
http://www.18000feet.com/how/H2HB2.htm
http://www.brupaks.com/fixbygold.htm
For your belgian style beers Brewferm produce some great kits.
http://www.brewferm.be/en/index.htm
Its worth noting that the higher alchol beers require 2 or more months to condition before drinking, so it may be worth doing a couple of pale ale to get your stocks up before commiting to a Belgian beer.
Also check out DaaBs website on making up a kit. Its got alot of people making good beer from the off.
http://www.18000feet.com/how/H2HB2.htm
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bladesfan
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fivetide
Ah, people generally use 'kit' to refer to a box of extract and a sachet of yeast bundled together in a can(s) and a box as beer making 'ingredients'.
If by kit you mean the actual buckets and what not you need to get started, check out DaaB's instructions, then look online to see whether it is better value to buy one of these starter sets you've seen about and just adding other bits that might not come with it(like a hydrometer, say, and more cleanser) or whether you can just go through a site's catalogue adding items to the shopping cart and get a better starter set that way.
Sometime you get a beer kit bundled as part of these starter sets - which can be a bonus if it's a kit you would have chosen anyway, but not worth it if it's an old kit you would never have chosen.
If by kit you mean the actual buckets and what not you need to get started, check out DaaB's instructions, then look online to see whether it is better value to buy one of these starter sets you've seen about and just adding other bits that might not come with it(like a hydrometer, say, and more cleanser) or whether you can just go through a site's catalogue adding items to the shopping cart and get a better starter set that way.
Sometime you get a beer kit bundled as part of these starter sets - which can be a bonus if it's a kit you would have chosen anyway, but not worth it if it's an old kit you would never have chosen.
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bladesfan