July 6th
How To Get Homebrew Supplies For Free
There are plenty of homebrew supply stores around your local area but most tend to charge their goods at a fairly high price especially if you purchase them in a ready made kit. And yet there are also places where you can get supplies for free by doing a little leg work.
First make a list of all the supplies that you will need ,if you are just starting out making homebrew then you will need basic things such as, beer bottles and bottle caps, racking tubes and bottle toppers, brewing pot etc…. Collecting bottles and caps should be fairly easy ask your friends or family to save their bottles and caps they should be more than happy to. You can find a good strong stainless steel brewing pot from a most yard sale or thrift shop or anything you think may work well for brewing beer.
You don’t have to go to homebrew shops to collect things such as thermometers, bottle brushes, measuring cups, funnels etc..they will be much cheaper purchasing them from a home supply store and they will have a better variety to choose from as well. Look through your local news paper or check out a website that is giving away anything for free that you may need for your homebrew supplies. Or you could even try posting your own wanted ads in your local paper asking for supplies.
There are a number of ways you could try to get all these supplies for free it’s really just a matter of brain storming ideas and trying out each one until you have exhausted all your avenues. Remember that most equipment that most homebrew stores sell will come at a hefty price so if you can look around for most of the things you will be able to get for free or at a lower cost than have a good look around.

