I am an all grain brewer ie start from scratch....crack the barley, mash and then boil with the hops.....have been doing it for 30 years

You really need a fridge with a temperature controller to ferment at around 19.0C.

I also have a 'kegerator' which is a custom built fridge with fonts which stores 3 x 19.0 litre alumninium kegs

Expensive to set up but easy to do.

www.aussiehomebrewer.com

Here is my set up

I started my brewing career as a home brewer. Just a few (hopefully helpful) comments. There are no preservatives in any Tooheys, XXXX, Swan, James Squire, Hahn beers. Most of them are both preservative and additive free (usually mentioned on the label). In any case the only additive occasionally used is caramel (to adjust colour).

Hangovers come from alcohol (ethyl alcohol) and other "higher" alcohols in beer, and the extent of the hangover is usually connected with the amount of alcohol consumed! (from much experience!).

In general, the cooler your fermentation, the less higher alcohols are produced. So if you can go to the extent of controlling temperature (say to a maximum of 20 degress) that will help you on the hangover front. Also most brewers yeasts make their best ester (fruity and floral) flavours below 20.

Home brewing is a fantastic craft and can certainly save you money.

However, please don't forget a poor brewer and occasionally dip back in to some of our bigger volume beers. If you like more malty and hoppy flavours then I would recommend any of the James Squire range, I particularly like the Porter and the Golden Ale (like an English "Summer" ale).

Happy Brewing.

Not much taste either

Interesting setup. So how long does it take you to make a batch roughly, and how much do you make in one go?

10 days or so from mashing to drinking but better if left longer.....it depends on the strength, yeast used etc.

Brewing process takes around 3 hours but most of that time is spent waiting rather than having to do much.

I only brew 25 litres at a time because of limited capacity in my fermenting fridge.....many people brew much bigger batches than that....I probably will in the winter when I do not need to use the fridge.

Exactly what i'm looking to set up my friend Any ideas as to the initial outlay please for everything excluding the beer? Personally i'll probably go down the road of buying the kegs of home brew from a place where i work at near Wacol as i've never done it before.Apparently it's about $150 a batch to fill 50 litre keg...............i'm a thirsty bloke At the moment he only does 19 or 50 litre kegs mate but is thinking of dumping the 19 ones for a 25 litre keg.Any ideas as to whether 2 of these will fit into the fridge ?

Posh git i notice you've got 3 taps on yours

Thanks for the insight. So it can be a fairly quick process, but maturing time seems to be the key mostly. I'm still learning and experimenting and with winter coming up it will interesting, as I don't do anything in a fridge yet apart from the final putting them in there before drinking.

$1150 including 3 kegs. $650 fridge/taps/regulator $200 2.6kg Gas $210 kegs $90 fittings.

Come round and try some

Place in Capalaba sells everything you need including the beer

www.craftbrewer.com.au

That is about right.

Plus another $1000 or so if you want the equipment to make your own

Or if you're loaded

http://www.beerbelly.com.au/mashpilot.html

Thank you both for the information Will start saving up immediately or a certain gentleman may even send me some racing certainties for next weekend

Do you provide snake repellant ?

Im just waiting for 2 buddies to sort out fridges to store beer then going here http://www.redbaybrewery.com.au/ (Bobby it's in Cleveland)

Have been keeping my bottles and I'm ready to go. They are screw top but hope they are OK.