Recent content by vondetour

slym2none thanks for the help, was reading this thread and found a used Mr. beer on craigslist, no idea how old the ingredients are. I have Addison Homebrew Provisions down the road and they have every thing for brewing plus brewing demonstrations on Saturdays so I'm good to go.

So I read that some of you bought Mr. beer used, if I bought a used kit can I use any beer ingredients or do i have to buy the Mr. beer ingredients. I was thinking of going my local brew store and buying the grains in bulk.

After some searching I found a Paulaner-style Hefe Weizen clone, Paulaner is my second choice so I'm still looking.

servus alles gut, I am new to brewing and thought I should give this a try, My favorite beer is hofbrauhaus hefeweizen so my main focus will be the hefeweizen beers. I am looking for recipes clone's and tutorials. YouTube with 100's of veneration's has not been much help and some recipes don't...

Been wondering what the total cost would be for brewing beer after initial start up cost for equipment.ingredients are about $25-30 for 5 gallons of beer.So 5 gl=640 oz or 53 12 oz bottles @.56 cents per bottle.But what about gas,how much does it cost to heat 5 gallons of water and cook that...

ncbrewer_ thanks I finely got smart and looked in craigslist and found a glass carboys for $15,I also saw a M.r beer cheap and thought about a 5 gl. Igloo Cooler and Googled it.this is what i saw http://www.homebrewing.org/5-Gallon-Converted-Igloo-Cooler-Mash-Tun-with-False-Bottom-_p_1005.html...

One more question,after reading most of yesterday I found M.r Beer kit to brew hefeweizen.could I use a SS pot to cook the ingredients then rather than using a bucket or Carboy to ferment in could i use a Reusable Polycarbonate Water Bottle and after fermentation could I use a bottle with spigot...

Love drinking hofbrauhaus hefeweizen but livening on a union pension the $2 a bottle is costly so I'm going to start brewing my own hefeweizen,I have been reading all i can and hope to get help from other Bierbrauer's:confused:I was looking at a kit I think it will do but again any comment will...

An one more noob to deal with,I have been reading for two days and found what looks like a good deal over at homebrewheaven a 1 Gallon Beer Brewing Kit that comes with i hope every thing except bottles and Ingredient for $44 and is $54 with Ingredients.was going to get the Flip-top style...