Home brew equipment consists of a kettle for brewing, which can be a standard stainless steel or other heavy duty stockpot, a long spoon, a candy thermometer, a strainer and a bottle or bucket. Experts recommend the use of rubber stopper or airlock, a plastic hose and a supply of bottles to store the finished product in.http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2008-10-01/Homebrewing-How-to-Make-Beer.aspx?page=2

The ingredients used to brew your own beer vary depending on your tastes, however, the basic ingredients to make beer are water, malt, hops and yeast. Dextrose or corn sugar is used during the bottling process. Chlorine bleach is often used to sanitize the supplies before making beer.http://www.byo.com/newbrew

The steps to making your own brew at home include preparation, boiling the beer, adding hops, cooling the wort, sanitizing the storage bottles and associated equipment, transferring to the fermenter, adding the yeast and allowing the wort to ferment into beer. The final step is bottling the newly made beer.http://www.byo.com/newbrew

For those seeking tutorials and instructions, be sure to check out Mahalo's page on how to brew your own beer in 7 simple steps. Full home brew kits that include all the tools and equipment to brew your own beer, are available online. The prices for home brew starter kits vary, depending on the items included in the kit.http://www.homebrewmart.com/starter_kit_store.html