Kit, Extract or All Grain?
There are three main types of home brewing. Let’s take a look at each one in turn. Kit Brewing If you are just starting out in making your own home brew beer, beer kits are the perfect starting point. Beer kits can be split into 2 subsections – bags or microbreweries that you simply add water to and leave for a few weeks, and cans of ingredients that you put in your own fermenting bin and normally contain all the ingredients you need except water and sugar. Extract Brewing Extract brewing could be considered an intermediate level. All separate ingredients are used, malt, hops, and yeast. The malt is purchased as an extract, so needs no prior preparation. The rest of the extract brewing process is the same as the all grain method. All Grain Brewing All grain brewing is considered the ultimate for the true connoisseur of home brew. This is the most labor intensive method, but also has the potential to be the most rewarding method. All separate ingredients are used, and it is a highly inv
