As a home brewer, it is important that you know the balance between a too hot and a too cold temperature. There is a right temperature for use in home brewing and this is dependent on the kind of yeast strain selected for the brew. By practice, the most common temperature used will register in between the 60s and the 70s. Suggestions When At Bottling Stage Of Your Home Brewing Hobby After fermenting, perhaps the bottling stage can be considered as a tedious activity. There is more to bottling than what you are currently thinking. There is a science in bottling your precious brews as well, and it is important that you are aware of the right way for bottling. Now there are two ways on how to tell if it's ready for packaging. One is to check the bubbles that come out of the lock; if the bubbles pop no more than one per minute then it's ready. Another test is by checking the yeast. If it's on the bottom, then it's prime up for bottling. The last step is the bottling and the priming part. It means to say that the product changes as well as the way (modified process) it is brewed also change. Whatever is that change, the point is it develops. It follows then that throughout the history of brewing something also happens to human who is responsible for all of these changes. Man had certainly changed. And finally, Did you know that water is the biggest contributor to the taste and flavor of the alcoholic drink? This is true because water is the most important ingredient in the beer. As mentioned, water has an effect on beer and this can be linked to the effects of the six water ions. These ions include the carbonate, the sodium, chloride, sulfate, magnesium and calcium. As a starter, you can get the basic brewing supply kit that already includes a large bucket, some tubing, a racking cane, rubber corks, airlocks, bottle capper, bottle caps, sanitizer concentrate and a hydrometer to measure the density of the beer. Do not forget to ask the storeowner the purpose of each of the materials and how to handle them.