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Home Brew Ohio equipment and supplies

Home Brew Ohio equipment kits, fermenting buckets, glass carboys, airlocks, bottling gear, hops, specialty grain and 1-gallon wine and mead kits.

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Beginner kits & first brewBeginner kits & first brew: 22Brewing systems & chillersBrewing systems & chillers: 11Fermenters & temp controlFermenters & temp control: 88Bottling & cappingBottling & capping: 55Ingredients & millingIngredients & milling: 55Brewing chemicals & waterBrewing chemicals & water: 22Wine, cider, mead & kombuchaWine, cider, mead & kombucha: 33

What Home Brew Ohio makes in our catalogue

Home Brew Ohio sells the core hardware of a 5-gallon home brewery. The Essential 5 Gal Beer Equipment Kit lists a 6.5 gal fermentor, bottling bucket, auto-siphon, hydrometer, capper and thermometer; you still need a brew pot and a recipe. The K6 kit swaps in a 6 gal glass carboy.

Single pieces include 2, 6.5 and 7.9 gal fermenting buckets with lids and airlocks, 5, 6 and 6.5 gal glass carboys with bungs, three-piece and twin-bubble airlocks, a 6.5 gal bottling bucket with spigot, 500 ml amber bottles, 29 mm champagne caps and a stainless racking cane. On the ingredient side: Simcoe and Citra hops, Special B malt, flaked barley, rice hulls, calcium chloride and pectic enzyme, plus 1-gallon wine-from-fruit and mead starter kits and a floor corking set.

Who Home Brew Ohio suits

  • Beginners building a 5-gallon setup piece by piece
  • Brewers replacing buckets, airlocks or carboys
  • Wine and mead makers starting with 1-gallon batches
Glass carboys breakGlass carboys can break and cut. Use a good carboy handle and always support the bottom when you move a full one; a crate or carrier under the base helps on slippery floors. Never pour hot wort into cold glass. PET and stainless avoid the risk.Source: Craft Beer & Brewing: Homebrew safety

Alternatives from other brands

Brewer's Best's 7.9 gal bucket and FastRack's 6.5 gal bucket are direct alternatives, FerMonster's 6 gal PET carboy avoids glass, and North Mountain Supply's Italian glass carboy set is another carboy option.

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Before you buy

Decide between plastic and glass first. Buckets are light and cheap; glass carboys resist scratches but need careful handling. Check stopper and airlock sizes against your fermenter, and remember the Essential kit leaves out the brew pot and recipe.

Home Brew Ohio products appear in these rankings: best beer making kits for beginners, best homebrew kits and best fermenters for homebrew. For a closer look, read Plastic vs glass vs stainless fermenters.

Home Brew Ohio: questions

What does the Home Brew Ohio Essential kit include?
A 6.5 gal fermentor, bottling bucket, auto-siphon, hydrometer, capper and thermometer, per the listing. You still need a brew pot and a recipe kit.
What size fermenting bucket do I need?
For 5-gallon batches, 6.5 or 7.9 gal leaves room for foam. The 2-gallon bucket suits 1-gallon batches.
Are Home Brew Ohio glass carboys safe?
Glass is fine with care: carry it by the base in a crate, never by the neck alone, and don't pour hot liquid into cold glass.
What is an alternative to Home Brew Ohio?
Brewer's Best, FastRack, FerMonster and North Mountain Supply sell comparable buckets, carboys and bottling gear.