If you're tired of the same old beer, it's time to start brewing your own. There's nothing more satisfying than knowing you've created your own beer. Home brewing has gotten quite popular over the years, with many people opting to start crafting their own beer. It does take some time to hone your craft, but once you get the hang of it, you'll never want to go back to mass-produced beer again. To help you get started in home brewing, here's a list of things you'll need for your brewery.

Your Dedicated Brewing Area

When you first get started brewing your own beer, you'll be able to share the kitchen space. However, once you get going, you're going to need your own dedicated brewing area, especially once you start experimenting with flavors. If you don't want to go to the expense of remodeling your home to include a second kitchen, you can move your gear to a utility shed, as long as it has access to electricity and adequate ventilation. You'll need to electricity for lighting and for powering your cook stations.

Your Kitchen Brewing Equipment

When you're first starting out with your home brewing, you'll need to gather your kitchen brewing equipment. You don't need to go overboard with the brewing systems right away. In fact, you can start brewing your own beer with items that you might already have around the kitchen. You'll need the following kitchen items:

• Kitchen timer

• Digital food thermometer

• Digital kitchen scale

• Fine mesh kitchen strainer

• 3-gallon stock pot

• Long-handled wooden spoon or stir stick

Your Backroom Fermentation Equipment

Once you've brewed your beer, you'll need to give it plenty of time to ferment. It's during the fermentation process that your beer will take on its full-bodied flavor. You'll want to give your beer a nice dark area to ferment in, such as a back corner of your shed, or a dark closet in your house. You'll also need the fermentation equipment. For proper fermentation, your beer will need to be transferred from the stock pot to fermentation containers. Here's what you'll need for this part of the process.

• Fermentation bucket- 2-gallon plastic bucket, airlock cap

• Secondary fermentation container – 1-gallon glass jug, cork topper

• Mini auto-siphon with plastic tubing – for transferring brew from bucket to jug

• Hydrometer – for measuring alcohol content

Your Own Can Seamer

If you're going to take your home brewing seriously, you'll want a way to share your beer with your friends and family. That's where the can seamer comes in handy. An angelus seamer will allow you to create your own aluminum cans for your home brew. Your aluminum cans will keep your beer fresh long after you've brewed it.