Does this equipment only work with specific beer brewing ingredient kits?
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No, this is a good starter set for any beer kit. It has pretty much everything but a 5 gallon cookpot and bottles. The first kit I brewed was True Brew Irish Stout. True Brew has excellent kits if you haven't brewed before, with great step by step instructions and even caps for your bottles. I would definitely go with one of them if you are just starting out. Two other things you might want to consider that aren't in the kit are the Jet Carboy & Bottle washer and a stand capper. The hand capper that comes in the kit works fine, but if you are a capping 48 bottles it will wear you out. The stand cappers also hold the bottle while you cap so you are less likely to spill or miss cap.
1431624
No, this is most of what you need to brew any recipe. The ingredients kits are mainly measured out ingredients to make a specific type. You can put together the same ingredients from a brewing store, the kit just takes out some of the leg work.
1431625
No, this is a good starter set for any beer kit. It has pretty much everything but a 5 gallon cookpot and bottles. The first kit I brewed was True Brew Irish Stout. True Brew has excellent kits if you haven't brewed before, with great step by step instructions and even caps for your bottles. I would definitely go with one of them if you are just starting out. Two other things you might want to consider that aren't in the kit are the Jet Carboy & Bottle washer and a stand capper. The hand capper that comes in the kit works fine, but if you are a capping 48 bottles it will wear you out. The stand cappers also hold the bottle while you cap so you are less likely to spill or miss cap. No, this is a good starter set for any beer kit. It has pretty much everything but a 5 gallon cookpot and bottles. The first kit I brewed was True Brew Irish Stout. True Brew has excellent kits if you haven't brewed before, with great step by step instructions and even caps for your bottles. I would definitely go with one of them if you are just starting out. Two other things you might want to consider that aren't in the kit are the Jet Carboy & Bottle washer and a stand capper. The hand capper that comes in the kit works fine, but if you are a capping 48 bottles it will wear you out. The... » Read More No, this is a good starter set for any beer kit. It has pretty much everything but a 5 gallon cookpot and bottles. The first kit I brewed was True Brew Irish Stout. True Brew has excellent kits if you haven't brewed before, with great step by step instructions and even caps for your bottles. I would definitely go with one of them if you are just starting out. Two other things you might want to consider that aren't in the kit are the Jet Carboy & Bottle washer and a stand capper. The hand capper that comes in the kit works fine, but if you are a capping 48 bottles it will wear you out. The stand cappers also hold the bottle while you cap so you are less likely to spill or miss cap. « Show Less
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with the addition of a 5 gallon or larger boil pot, it works on any extract or mini-mash receipe
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This kit can be used for pretty much any fermentation you want to try. I've done my own ale recipes, wine coolers, and many kits. Think of this product as a box of kitchens supplies and you can use them create anything you can think up.
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if you mean kits like Mr Beer kits, where you "just add water", then no, it does not work with those. this is for when you want to go buy hops, yeast, grain, and malt extract from brewing supply stores and follow a recipe to make actual beer. I bought this for my husband for Christmas, and it has exploded into a hobby we both enjoy. We have made several types of beers, have a recipe for a killer hard carmel apple cider, and have a couple meads aging. no kits, but still easy to start as a new hobby. I definitely recommend the book "the complete guide to home brewing" to go along with this if you mean kits like Mr Beer kits, where you "just add water", then no, it does not work with those. this is for when you want to go buy hops, yeast, grain, and malt extract from brewing supply stores and follow a recipe to make actual beer. I bought this for my husband for Christmas, and it has exploded into a hobby we both enjoy. We have made several types of beers, have a recipe for a killer hard carmel apple cider, and have a couple meads aging. no kits, but still easy to start as a new hobby. I definitely recommend the book "the complete guide to home... » Read More if you mean kits like Mr Beer kits, where you "just add water", then no, it does not work with those. this is for when you want to go buy hops, yeast, grain, and malt extract from brewing supply stores and follow a recipe to make actual beer. I bought this for my husband for Christmas, and it has exploded into a hobby we both enjoy. We have made several types of beers, have a recipe for a killer hard carmel apple cider, and have a couple meads aging. no kits, but still easy to start as a new hobby. I definitely recommend the book "the complete guide to home brewing" to go along with this « Show Less
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This is a starter set... you can use the ready made kits... any of them. you can also buy individual ingredients... this is just the equipment that you use. It's enough to get you started, we have since purchased much more equipment because we love brewing so we have at least 7 different batches either bulk aging or bottle aging right now. This was the best starter set I found for the price, but if you like home brewing you will need more equipment...
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No. The kit can adapt to your recipes as long as you use one that has the same amount of gallons, pints, or quarts to fit in the containers and allow head room or fermentation.
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No, You can use recipe kits or use your own ingredients. This is the basic setup you would need to brew two-stage beer, the plastic is the primary fermenter and the glass (carboy) is the secondary fermenter. Two-stage brewing results in a more conditioned clearer beer. Salute!
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Conditional yes...I would read:http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/bottle-conditioning-growler-78808/
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To be honest nothing the kit is exactly the same the fementer is the same and the beer kits are universal so they work with all of the editions th only things different will be some extras they throw in that your right wont fit and increase the price
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Yes in fact the directions are for the Mr. Beer keg. I use a beer 2000 style keg which is very similar to the Mr. Beer keg. Be patient with rhe yeast it is fragile and unlike most beer recipes you do not stir it into the batch
23715
no, machine works with most ALL flours! trick is to measure carefully! water amnmt. is critical, but you will learn fast.
356825
As far as I know this will not work in the Mr. Beer kit which uses a liquid pre-made wort mixture. The above should be used in conjunction with the Brooklyn beer kit, which involves real brewing.
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This will work for a fridge conversion that is what I used it for. But I caution you that this is only part of what you need you will need a regulator and co2 tank I used this to add a tap to my system so that I would have two difrent kinds of beer
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I don't know anything about the Brooklyn beer kit, but I reckon it could be made in any equivalent kit. I made my first few beers in a 2 1/2 gallon water bottle, unscrewing the lid every day to let out the excess CO2. I suggest you check the Mr. Beer process on Youtube (example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2HsvmEE_bg), and follow that with your kit.
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From what I understand the k cup fillers are not supported with this business brewer. Although to be fair I have not tried it. When I have done research it always seems to state that it does not use any of the other filters.
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this "kit" is basically just a 6 gallon fermenting bucket some bottles and a premeasured "no boil" malt extract that you mix with 6 gallons of water to make a predetermined amount of beer....6 gallons. you would need other equipment to ferment only 2 gallons...you will find that as long as it takes to complete....the more the better(I guess you could only bottle 2 of the 6 gallons ....but why waste the other 4)
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It will -- but the temperature range is too high for brewing beer. The markings will be difficult for you to read at lower temperatures. Something like this: 1 X Brewcraft 12" Ss Dial Thermometer Homebrew Brew Kettle Brew Pot will be more what you're looking for.
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Each Equipment Kit Includes: True Brew Handbook, 6.5 Gallon Primary Fermenting Bucket, 1 Lid Drilled & Grommet, 6.5 Gallon Bottling Bucket w/ Spigot, Fermometer Fermentation Thermometer, Fermtech Springless Bottle Filler, Fermtech 3/8in Auto Siphon, 5ft x 5/16in Flex Vinyl Tubing, Hydrometer, Emily Double Lever Capper, Bottle Brush, 3 Piece Airlock, C-Brite Sanitizer 8-Pack.
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No, it only comes with the beer ingredients. You will need to get all of the equipment separately.
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Unfortunately this was a gift a friend of mine needed. I am not sure what exactly he does with it, but he brews beer and this attachment was something he needed.
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No. This kit only includes the grains needed to brew the beer. Brooklyn does offer an all inclusive kit that contains everything you need to ferment beer, all you would need is a pot to brew it in: Brooklyn Brew Shop Beer Making Kit, Chocolate Maple Porter
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Yes.Found this at the top of the list when I googled it. You might want to try that nifty google thing first.http://www.chuggerpumps.com/home-brewing-pumps-chugger/chugger-pump-products/item/chugger-ss-inline/
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This worked for me not sure how accurate the hydrometer is if you have a local brew store check them you you may be able to piece together what you need but this kit is really cheap on amazon same thing i seen online was 20 more