But if you are resourceful you can find some of the equipment at 2nd hand stores or already in your kitchen. Remember the initial investment for first time brewers will be the highest cost. And another 1-2 weeks waiting before the beer is ready to chill and serve. So the actual time you spend is about 10 hours working and 4 weeks monitoring and waiting. The following recipe is The simplest way for making 5 gallons of beer.
Brewing yeast eats the sugar, and produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
You'll need two cans of lightly hopped, light-colored extract for your first batch. Freshops has 2 varieties from New Zealand. The Fall 1997 Hop Harvest is in. The bitterness balances the sweet flavor of the malt. Hops are usually in the form of compressed pellets at most suppliers.