And you must consider and start with the grains that are easy to handle and process. How much budget is needed for the first foray in this activity? It should be noted that the costs associated with home brewing can be categorized into two. The first cost can be attributed to the ingredients and the second one on the equipments that will be used for this hobby. I also have no qualms about recommending this wonderful hobby; if you need some convincing, here are several good reasons to take up home brewing. It's a Rewarding Hobby Being able to brew your own type of beer with its own unique flavors can give a home brewer a great sense of fulfillment. The act of brewing your own beer also gives you that mad scientist fulfillment (or at least for me), not to mention the satisfaction that you feel every time your beer-guzzling friends rave about your concoction. You don't want to go the way of many first-timers who become frustrated simply because they failed to know some of the more common home brewing mistakes. In order to avoid duplicating these, make sure that you are aware of some of these mistakes. Listed below are some of the well-documented mistakes by many first-timers in the field of beer making at home. The beers that our ancestors brew are not the same with the beers we have today. This is definite. 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. Though all of the cappers that are available in the market may work, there are some pieces of cappers that will do more than the rest. Try to invest on the more premium ones in order to save yourself from the inconveniences of bottling. Is it advisable to use absorbing bottle caps? If you are going to store the bottles of beers for an extended period of time then that is the appropriate motivation for buying the absorbing bottle caps. [for further information and instruction regarding the yeast you may also refer to the labels on the packaging] 7. Cover the pail, place airlock in the hole of the cover of the pail. Fill this thing with half full of water and snap its cover on top. The airlock is a one way valve that releases the carbon dioxide produced during fermentation but prevents any air from entering the pail.