One can purchase the equipment for a basic home brewery setup for less than two hundred dollars. The design for a home brewery setup does not have to be elaborate. However, it does need the basic materials to allow the beer to ferment properly once the recipe has been used. Then, the beer needs to be properly bottled. Having purchased the home brewery setup, all the would-be brewer needs to do is to decide on the type of beer, follow a good recipe and begin brewing!

Equipment

The first thing that has to be bought for a home brewery setup is of course the brew pot, which should have at least a sixteen quart capacity.  This is a special pot that must be made of either stainless steel or enamel-coated metal so that the beer does not brew and end up picking up the flavor of the pot.  This ensures that the beer will have the pure flavor of the recipe rather than having a strange taste from the pot it cooked in.

The next thing needed is the primary fermenter, which should have a capacity of at least seven gallons.  This is important to a home brewery setup because it is the place where   the beer starts to ferment.  The lid or the primary fermenter must fit tightly on it so that it locks out all air.  These are usually made of plastic and have to be bought specifically for this purpose to work correctly.

The next item needed in a home brewery setup is the airlock and stopper which are used to help the carbon dioxide escape from the primary fermenter during the fermentation process.  This is an important piece of equipment that must work properly so that the air from the outside does not get in while the carbon dioxide is escaping out of the fermenter.

To create a good home brewery setup, the other required items include a plastic hose, bottling bucket, bottles, bottle brushes and bottle cappers. It is essential that these items remain extremely clean at all times in order that the beer will be transferred safely and cleanly from the fermenter into the bottles where they will be sealed for later consumption.  Glass bottles, which are considered the best containers to use in the bottling process, need to be of a dark color in order that light does not affect the beer’s quality. One other item that is needed for the fermenter is a thermometer, which can be stuck into the fermenter’s side to monitor the temperature of the liquid within. Fish tanks often employ such thermometers.