This FAQ is just getting started but here are a few answers to common questions to get you started.
- For about a $100 investment you can buy enough equiptment and supplies to brew yourself 4 cases of beer (2 batches). Every two cases after that will cost you about $20-30. Compare that to $10-15 for a 12 pack of your favorite microbrew and you see the obvious cost advantage.
- It is VERY hard to make a beer that you will not drink, hard to make a beer that is not better than most commercial brews, easy to make a beer that compares favorably to your favorite microbrew, and VERY hard to make a beer that you will not want to tweak and improve with every batch.
- The time you have to invest in making a batch of beer is about 1.5 hours for boiling the wort and getting it into your primary. 4-7 days laters 15 minutes to move it from the primary to the secondary. 1-2 weeks later 2 hours to bottle it or 15 minutes to keg it. Thats its, not a whole lot of time!
- You will be the envy of your friends who are stuck drinking PBR and chances are you'll have to expand your brewery so there is some left for you to drink!
Last Updated: July 12th, 2006