Lessons Learned From My First Homebrew
It all started innocently enough... With a simple homebrewing kit I assume I started out as a homebrewer like most first-timers. I purchased this starter kit from Northern Brewer , but I didn't do it haphazardly. Research led me to this kit. It turned out that a friend of mine received it as a gift last Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed it. I should note that this particular kit is optimized for all-extract brewing , which is typically recommended for first-time brewers. It requires less equipment, less time, and less of a commitment. This is where I decided to start. This kit offers the same sort of thing you find with many kits, intended to get you brewing a 5-gallon, all-extract recipe, which should yield 48 12-oz bottles. Northern Brewer, like many other merchants, offers more advanced kits as well if you're keen to dive in deeper, but I decided to start simple. Dipping my big toe into the beer, so to speak. I felt like I could always upgrade later as I became more familiar...
