Home Brewing.

[NordicCrankShaft]

Where do I start, me and the missus uncle have talked about it for a while and now we are seriously looking at giving it a go. We both love our beer and with the cost of the stuff here in Norway this could be a good excuse to make quite a lot of the stuff.

I have a few questions though, after spending a lot of time over the weekend researching stuff on the internet I've now got to the point where I've read and watched so much stuff on YouTube I'm a bit confused. The videos especially, seeing people doing things different and at varying levels of cleanliness.

So the questions......

Which brewing process is best for quality, the malt extract method or the all grain method?

We're looking at something like this http://www.brewshop.no/produkt/utstyr/bryggemaskiner/grainfather-bryggemaskin-1/grainfather-bryggemaskin-30-l the Grain father 30 and this http://www.brewshop.no/produkt/startsett-for-olbrygging/startsett-deluxe it might seem as though it's expensive as some starter kit but this is something we're definitely looking at keeping at so don't mind spending the money of good equipment.

I'm a bit confused at what equipment we should really start with, aside from the bottling stuff is the stuff I've linked to above the correct kit or not?

Recommendations on books, recipe websites and any other general tips would be amazing!

Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Sunday 25th September 19:17

[EggsBenedict]

Have a wade through this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

[casbar]

All Grain, been doing it for 7 years

[227bhp]

EggsBenedict said:

Have a wade through this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

Indeed, + this: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/

[C0ffin D0dger]

227bhp said:

EggsBenedict said:

Have a wade through this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=113...

Indeed, + this: http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/

Yep, I'm a member on the forum above. There's no doubt that all grain brewing produces the best quality beer but it takes time, you need to set aside a large part of a day to make a brew. As I've got two kids (3&5) I don't have any spare time so I only make beer from kits at the moment but it's not a bad place to start from and the quality of beer kits has improved immensely over they years and produce some really good results now. The good thing is that any equipment you may buy for kit brewing is also required for all grain or extract brewing (e.g. fermenting buckets, kegs, etc.) so it's all quite scalable.

[NordicCrankShaft]

Thanks all. Will sign up to the above and have a gander.

I think we'll probably jump straight into the all grain as we've got around £800- £1k to spend on equipment and I've got quite a bit of time to spare (and no kids ) so am happy to invest time aswell.

Surprisingly the cost of equipment isn't too dissimilar to the cost of what it is in the UK and with the cost of beer here in Norway this is a sound investment that's eventually going to save us quite a bit of money.

Edited by NordicCrankShaft on Monday 26th September 19:52

[casbar]

Try this site, very good info http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/index.php

I bought catering standard 50 litre stainless pans and built all my own kit. Plenty of help on how to. That was 7 years ago, but think the whole lot cost me less than £250.

[CAPP0]

NordicCrankShaft said:

thos is a sound in vesentlig

So it's going really well then?

[NordicCrankShaft]