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At the urging of my good friend Dany in Memphis and after having a great time at the December meeting of the LAGERS Club here in Louisville, I’ve purchased the parts I need for a home brewery.

Here’s what I’m starting with (initial cost of around $380 for the hardware, the book, and the ingredients for my first 5 gallon batch):
-> 34 quart stainless steel brew pot with outdoor propane burner (I already had an old propane tank)
-> pump syphon
-> hydrometer
-> thermometer
-> 2x 6 1/2 glass carboys with temperature strips and fermentation locks
-> Muslin boiling bag
-> Counter Flow Wort Chiller
-> 3x cases of 22 oz. bottles (and a package of 144 bottle caps)
-> Bench Capper
-> The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing, 3rd edition (by Charlie Papazian)

There’s a few other items having to do with the bottling process that I’ll get in a few weeks after the first batch ferments and is ready to bottle.

And here’s the ingredients for my first 5 gallon batch of India Pale Ale:
-> 5 1/2 lbs. amber plain dried malt
-> 1 lb. crystal malt
-> 1/2 lb. malted barley for toasting
-> 2 tsp. gypsum
-> 2 oz. Northern Brewer hops (boiling)
-> 3/4 oz. Cascade hops (finishing)
-> American ale yeast
-> 1 1/4 cup dried malt extract (for bottling)