And so it begins

Today I woke up and decided to give this brewing thing a try. So I took a ride up to Woburn and picked up a brew kit. The contents of the kit were:

7 1/2 primary fermenter
6 gallon carboy
Large funnel with screen
2 plastic bristle brushes
Hydrometer
Thermometer
plenty of 1/4" plastic hose
c-brite cleanser
2 cases of empty bottles
50 bottle caps
Two handle capper
2 fermentation locks
2 stoppers
and our first batch of beer (what was to be later known as brighton amber ale

In addition to the parts it was time to get a couple of recipes: Sam Adams Clone (Samual Jackson Ale) and Raspberry Wheat