Quote Originally Posted by planenut View Post
I've always had an interest in home brewing but never tried it... Seems like a big investment in time and like cigars, I change brands a lot.... But light, Coors light, Moosehead, Old English Ale, Yuengling, Folgers (not wait, that's coffee).

I'd like to read up and follow the forum, but can't promise to try brewing..

How long does it take, what is the investment etc?

Thanks
Hehe, those ain't beers. My water as more flavor than that!

Expense, in both time and dollars, can vary greatly.

For a basic extract brew, you'd be looking at probably 2-3 hours of brew time, about a week of fermentation, then an hour of two of bottling, then another week or two of conditioning.

When I started out, I think I spent $80 or $90 and got everything but a kettle. Glancing at MoreBeer.com, they have an equipment kit for $70 that would do fine. All you'd need to add would be an extract kit ($20) and about 50 bottles (maybe some caps, too). For bottles, you can use any brown, crown-capped bottles (Sam Adams bottles have crown caps).

Or you could drop almost $500 on a complete brewing and kegging syste.

But whatever you do, never ever ever get into homebrewing to save money.

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