| What are Homebrewing Tools? These are things that not only make brewing easier, but possible. Pots, Kettles, burners, spoons, stirrers, thermometers, car-boys (5-6.5 gallon Glass bottle for fermenting), Air-locks, racking canes, hose, are the basics. Once you get going and do "All Grain" or "Partial Mash" you will need more. When you start kegging, of course there is more. That is the beauty of it, you can purchase things in steps and that lets you know how serious you are. BeerSmith is a wonderful tool, I use it and love it. However, when I first started, I used Beer Tools. Beer Tools has a free version and it is on their website, you have a big collection of recipes and they also sell supplies. You can upgrade to Gold for a small fee, and that is a year at a time. This is a great way to start, because if you don't like brewing, why spend the money? Should you decide you like it, and I am sure that you will, If you like "Real Beer" that is. Then, at that time, spend the $20 or whatever it is for BeerSmith or, now, you can get BeerTools Pro for download, this is another awesome program! There is also another one called ProMash, but I am not familiar with it. There are also others available, some you may find links to here, see which works best for you. Visit the links on all the pages that interest you, that is how you will learn, then make up your mind. |
| HOPHEAD HOMEBREWING FANATICS CLUB Software & Tools Page |
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| Dispensing, or serving your beer is also an issue, you can build your own kegerator, or buy one, that is a matter of not only personal preference, but finances as well. You can build your own for less and it could have more capacity as well. How handy are you at building things? Maybe that is the way you should go? Look through the whole site and you will find more info about building your own, as well as links for equipment. |
| This is my Beer Box, I built it mysef using ideas from Eric Schoville's design, just CLICK HERE to visit his site, I owe a lot to his ideas! If you have pictures of tour own, or to view others go to our Gallery. |
