Question Beer and/or Wine making supplies in Orlando?
I'm looking for a place that sells beer and/or wine making supplies and equipment in Orlando, FL anyone know of any places or websites I can go to? if theres nothing local I want some good quality websites to order from. Thanks alot

Best Answer Hearts Hombrew was rated a 'B-'on beeradvocate.com, they're located at: 6190 Edgewater Drive Orlando, Florida, 32810 United States phone: (407) 298-4103 official website- http://www.heartshomebrew.com/home_brew_beer.cgi here is a list of all the homebrew shops in florida that have been rated: http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/list?c_id=US&s_id=FL&homebrew=Y

Question Where to get wine or beer making supplies near Watertown NY?
I am looking for the closest local store. I know I can order online but it is much better to go to a store to get what I need and be able to talk to the shop keeper about the products.

Best Answer Look at some of the towns on the list on the link I provided. You should be able to find a homebrew shop that way. Good luck.

Question Does anyone have any home beer brewery tips?
I'm looking to start brewing beer from home. I haven't bought any equipment yet. Please point me in the right direction.

Best Answer Start by reading http://howtobrew.com for the basics. It'll sound a lot like gibberish at the start, but the more times you repeat and experiment the more it will make sense. It's the best (free) place for information for the beginner. Then do a google search for home brewing supplies in your area. If nothing turns up, one of my favorite online suppliers is http://morebeer.com Another thing that can help is to read over the instructions and then look back at a catalog/website with supplies to get a mental note of what the things you're working with looks like. Finally, when you get a little info under your belt and have a general idea of what happens and what the terms are, check around and see if there are any microbreweries or brew pubs in your neighborhood and see if any one of them can give you a tour (it would be polite to have a few of their beers first). Hope some of this can help...happy brewing.

Question Things I need to start a home beer brewery kit for fathers day, need some recipes and tips for beginners!?
Looking for a fathers day gift and was thinking about making him a beer making kit. What do I need to do this? What are good recipes? What do I need to get him started? I don't have anything yet and don't know what i can use as a ferminter or if i have to buy one, Im clueless! Please help!

Best Answer For beginners, I recommend buying pre-assembled homebrew ingredients kits - which are available in homebrew stores or else over the internet. If you have a homebrew store near you, they should also be able to put together a kit containing all the necessary tools. If NOT, then here's what you'll need in addition to the ingredients kit: (1.) A large metal pot (you will be brewing 2.5 gallons of liquid, so it must be BIG - if you/your parents don't have one, try a restaurant supply store). (2.) A long-stem (i.e. 10-12") metal thermometer to clip onto the side of the large brew pot in order to monitor the temperature (also available at restaurant supply stores...don't cost much) (3.) A utensil for stirring the beer while in the brewing process (4.) A container to hold the beer after brewing while it ferments (a large contractor-size paint bucket i.e. from Home Depot will suffice, but you will need a lid). (5.) Cleanser (i.e. unscented bleach or other unscented detergent) to mix with water - this is VERY IMPORTANT because you will need it to cleanse EVERYTHING that will come in contact with the beer or else you risk ruining the entire batch). (6.) A metal strainer/cheese cloth/other mechanism to strain the beer before transfering it from the brew pot to the fermentation bucket. (7.) A glass hydrometer for measuring the alcohol content before and after fermentation (it's possible to get by without one, but I recommend that beginners use one). Good luck, and have fun! _

Question Beer Home Brewing Kits vs. Buying Piece by Piece?
I am thinking about getting into beer home brewing as a hobby, would you recommend buying a starter kit or buy the equipment piece by piece and if so what kit? What pieces? And what sites would you recommend checking out?

Best Answer buy all you need in one and you will have all you need without any of the pitfalls.

Question quality of home beer brewing kits?
I am looking to start brewing beer in my home. Most kits seems to be reasonably priced 50-100$ which is fine. 2 Questions I have are 1. What quality of beer is made from these kits i.e. Mr Beer etc. Is it better or worse than Natural Light / Coors Light / Bud Light (college beers mostly). ... Hopefully it at least is as good as natural.. and if not what do they taste like. 2. How much money would I save making a batch (in terms of 30 beers, a case).

Best Answer If you just drink beer to get messed up then its ok .But if you like to drink good beer then the home brew is Garbage.

Question How do you achieve different tastes when homebrewing beer?
It is to my understanding that the more hops you use the more it will be bitter, that different sugars effect the alcohol content/color, and that more malt extract = more fizziness, but I would like to know more specifics about achieving different tastes in homemade beer. Thanks!

Best Answer There are lots of taste-variables you can play with. Examples are hops, yeast, malts (some brewers insist on English malt for English beers, Belgian for Belgian beers, etc.), added flavorings, adjuncts, temperature of fermentation (compare California common with pilsener, for example), time in the primary and secondary, priming sugar. That's part of the fun of trying to brew the perfect beer.

Question When homebrewing beer, how long can I leave beer in the secondary fermentor?
That is, is there a time that is too long. Thereby the yeast has died and I will not be able to carbonate the beer naturally? Thanks, Beginner

Best Answer Short answer, not really... Most homebrewers follow the 1-2-3 rule, 1 week in primary, 2 weeks in secondary, and 3 weeks in the bottle. This said, if you plan on aging the brew for any period of time before bottling, you just want to make sure the environment is right. You may want to rack to tertiary (after the brew has cleared) for bulk aging, that way you will not run as large a risk of autolysis. Depending on the style and recipe, you could age it for a couple months or a couple years without problems. If the latter is the case, you may want to pitch again before bottling if you are going to bottle condition. Your other option would be to keg the brew after secondary, and age it in the keg. Then force carb it in the keg, and you won't have to worry about the yeast or bottle conditioning at all. Feel free to email me anytime if you need help or have any further questions.

Question What happens in a fermentation flask when making wine or beer?
Starting with the sugar, why is that we can make a beer or wine. What is the yeast doing with the sugars? What is gained? What is lost? So far I have the sugar interacts with yeast and creates carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol but other than that I am struggling.

Best Answer Might want to verify this as I'm much more of an inorganic chemist than a biochemist. Sugar is broken down in glycolysis into pyruvate. In our bodies this is done with oxygen and it is called a aerobic reaction. We are further able to break down pyruvate all the way. As a result we breath out carbon dioxide. Yeast do a smiler process without oxygen, thus anaerobic reaction. The pyruvate is broken down to acetylaldehyde and then reduced to ethanol. Side note: Humans take ethanol and convert it to acetylaldehyde when we drink. However if methanol is consumed then it turns to formaldehyde which is very toxic (and we use it to embalm people). This is what makes you blind from moonshine.

Question Making beer and wine in the greenhouse?
I was thinking of setting up my beer and wine stuff in my greenhouse, to supply co2 in a green way to my various plants, since the brewing process produces quite a bit of it. Does anyone else do this?

Best Answer I DON'T DO IT MYSELF AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY ELSE DOING THIS BUT YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY, OOPS, I WAS ACCIDENTALLY TALKING IN CAPS LOCK AGAIN

Question what are some good beer brewing kits?
I am looking to brew my own beer and was wondering if anyone knew a good price for a beer brewing kit and any related tips because I am thinking of brewing my own beer. Thanks

Best Answer There are kits out there, but you can likely make your own for fairly inexpensive. A big steel pot or an old keg with the top cut off will work to boil the water, to mix it with the grain a cooler will work (with a little setup of PVC piping), from there you can drain the wort back into the pot/keg to boil, and you can purchase a fermenter once it's cooled to allow it to ferment. You can research and make all of these components at home for far less than the cost of one of the kits. And you can adjust it or replace individual components as you see fit, or add onto them. For example, a friend of mine welded a coiled copper tube to run water through and cool the wort post-boil.

Question What kind of Beer Brewing Kit should I get?
I want to start brewing my own beer. I have never actually done brewed beer, but I want a starter kit. Should I buy a pre-assembled beer kit or get all the peices together? Should I start with a cheap and easy kit like Mr. Beer and then work my way up as I get better at brewing? What are some good recipes or beer ingredient kits?

Best Answer Hey there, glad you're considering joining our obsession....I mean mean hobby. I will make this fairly short and simple. Mr. Beer. is a pretty good starter kit. I know I'm going to take flak as it is in fact of low quality. However it is fairly cheap, comes with everything you need to start, and if you decide brewing is not for you then you can usually get about 10 bucks out of it on E-bay. That being said if you find you enjoy brewing I would recommend find a local home-brew shop and upgrading as soon as possible. Also, because I'm sure it will come up, the beer is brewing fine. You most likely didn't ruin it. You don't know what that means yet, but when it comes up you'll know.

Question Where do I buy home brewing kits in India?
I would appreciate if anybody can point to a website or a particular shop in Mumbai and/or Bangalore.

Best Answer I don't know of any shops or websites there, but I know grapeandgranary.com ships all over the world. You could look there to see if they have what you need.

Question Beer Home Brewing Kits vs. Buying Piece by Piece?
I am thinking about getting into beer home brewing as a hobby, would you recommend buying a starter kit or buy the equipment piece by piece and if so what kit? What pieces? And what sites would you recommend checking out?

Best Answer buy all you need in one and you will have all you need without any of the pitfalls.

Question Anyone know what it takes to start a home brewery?
I've always wanted to get into beer brewing and want to know what it takes to start a home brewery and where to get the stuff that is needed.

Best Answer Making beer at home is similar to making wine. All ingredients can be bought anywhere and with wine making equipment very easy to do. The only problem is carbonation. This I have no clue where to find. Producing CO2 in a sealed bottle is not the way to go unless you enjoy sitting on the can for hours.

Question What quality control parameters do you have in your home brewery?
Nice, a fermentation room.

Best Answer Standard cleaning and sanitation equipment & chemicals. I have yeast culturing equipment and access at work to microscopes. This allows me to get "scientific" from time to time in my brewery. I have a temperature controlled refrigerator that I have wired to a PC (ala Brewing Techniques Magazine) for parameter control and stats. I also log and monitor my brewing progress to adjust the temperature and times as needed to target my final beer.

Question does anyone know of a store that sells beer making supplies in toronto or scarborough please?
some people must have small brains....there is no listing of any store in the yellow pages in toronto...why do you think i asked on here??....what a doink..

Best Answer thought about asking a Canadian? Got a phone book?

Question Where to get wine or beer making supplies near Watertown NY?
I am looking for the closest local store. I know I can order online but it is much better to go to a store to get what I need and be able to talk to the shop keeper about the products.

Best Answer Look at some of the towns on the list on the link I provided. You should be able to find a homebrew shop that way. Good luck.

Question How do I go about getting started home brewing beer?
I was at the shops and saw all of these cans of home brew beer and was wondering how easy is it to get started in home brewing and what equipment I need. Does home brew taste any good?

Best Answer Do foundation research on the internet on just what beer is and the basic ingredients. You want to understand the influences and roles of each ingredient. Then find out more about the production procedures for brewing beer. Here you want to understand what each "department" of your home brewery has influence on the beer. You then may want to gain a deeper understanding of beer tasting/sensory analysis and the styles of beer. Some homebrew taste good and some is horrible. But once you understand what influences a good beer and command control over those aspects you will be able to make good beer routinely. It is very easy to get started brewing your first beer. What shops? Were you at a shop of a home brew supplier? Then that is your starting point. They will help you get started with the things you need to brew your first batch of beer. http://www.howtobrew.com/ http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/

Question Is there a sugar substitute to use when home brewing beer?
Is there an inexpensive low or no calourie/kilojoule sugar substitute that can be used when home brewing beer,both wort and bottle?

Best Answer NOT REALLY IF YOU WANT PROPPER TASTING BEER. IT IS A MAIN INGREDIENT LIKE YEAST