Ok got a Mr beer kit a while back and just felt I didnt get much for the money. Wasnt too impressed with any part of it and the beer was tolerable at best. Im not looking to make this into a huge hobby, just something to kill some free time. My price range for a kit is around 100-160. What are thoughts on this kit?
http://www.makebeer.net/kit.asp

Or would something like this be better?

http://www.monsterbrew.com/Prod_GoldKit.cfm

 

Half of the post saturday night's are drunken ramblings and no one can help me with some tips on brewing the stuff. C'mon guys

 

i cant help you, but im curious to everyones answer, nothing beats a nice home brewed beer.

 

[QUOTE=gators241987...nothing beats a nice home brewed beer.[/QUOTE]
I've never had a good tasting home brewed beer. Dad used to make beer in the basement and it was awful....

 

This would be better than the Mr. Beer. I read up on brewing a while back & I think ale can be done at room temperature, other types require 40-50 degrees & would require some sort of refrigeration. The main ingredient is cleanliness, if you don't constantly clean everything you'll ruin the beer (it will taste bad, or be undrinkable). I'd get a brewing book first, look at one of the first two listed here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw...rewing&x=0&y=0
With the type of kit in your 2nd url you'll need to buy beer making ingredients & something to put it in (bottles or kegs). The ale ingredients and bottles where listed at the bottom of your 2nd URL. If you bottle you'll need a place for it to sit undisturbed for several weeks (if I remember correctly around 30 days). Get a book first, before you buy another kit.

 

X2... and I've sampled a few.

I can't help you out either Scott.

 

One of my professors at my college brews his own beer... I'll ask him if its ok to give you his email address. So, i'll get back to you soon on it.

 

OK guy's, I am going to purchase the second kit and give it a go. If it turns out good I will mail out free samples. Is it legal to mail beer?

 

A book is a great idea, I will stop by sometime this week and pick one up at the local nerd hangout

 

Is there any placearound you where you can go a brew beer? We have several great places around us. You might go and ask them which onethey would use.

I brew beer, but it is a place that is called the Brew Kettle---that is all they do.

Tim C.

 

Yes, as long as you tell UPS/Fedex/USPS that it needs to be shipped with a signature of a 21 or older person by proof of drivers license or such.

They do it all the time with mail order wines, beer, liquor...

 

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/ Excellent kits

http://morebeer.com/ Also great stuff

 

Thanks Norm, that first link has a really nice kit, I like that it comes with a bottler also

 

I think Alton Brown of Good Eats on the Food Network did one of his shows on brewing beer. You may be able to find a copy online or email food network and get a copy. His shows are usually pretty informative.

As for me, I think I would be better off just going to the liquor store and picking up whatever interested me at the time.