A few months back we wrote about a new home brew store in Brooklyn New York called Brooklyn Brew Shop.  They sell primarily at local flea markets and online.  Their specialty is small 1 gallon kits perfect for people living in a small apartment in New York City.  They are all grain kits that you can brew in very small spaces.  I already have a home brew kit so I am sure I could have brewed a 1 gallon batch in my 5 gallon carboy or just gotten some one gallon fermentors myself but I believe in supporting small business.  I think these guys have a great idea, do a great job with their products and I am happy to provide a little bit of support by trying them out.

I placed my order with them over the weekend and received my kits two days later.  They were running a Black and Tan Special.  You got two full home brew kits and ingredients to make a Dry Stout and an ESB.  The kit was supposed to include a pouring spoon as well but they forgot to include that in my shipment.  I will have to wait a few days for that piece of the kit.

The double kit I purchased includes two 1 gallon fermentors, a racking cane, tubing, sanitizer, rubber stopper, 2 airlocks and the ingredients to make the two beers.  I have never made an all-grain beer.  All of the beer I have made up to this point has been with extract kits.  I am hoping that doing a smaller 1 gallon batch for my first all-grain batch will be easier than jumping in and doing a 5 gallon all-grain batch.  I am going to brew this weekend so we will find out.  I will blog more about it after my brew session this weekend.