Ingredient kits available and required to make your own beer.  please click here to order or just browse over to our order page to see our selection.

The Brewing Process
     Select grains are malted to create a sugar like liquid called "wort".  Select hops are blended to add the beer styles characteristic bitterness.  Yeast is added and the sugar is converted by the yeast to carbon dioxide and alcohal.  Beer is the result!

Simple To Do
     1.  Select your beer from a variety of styles.
     2.  Prepare the beer "wort".
     3.  Put the "wort" in the fermenter.
     4.  Wait ten days and bottle.
     5.  Enjoy your premium micro beer for half the cost!

Does not require a lot of space or time.
(just two hours of fun!)

Equipment Needed
     Mechello's Brewer's Best Beer making kit includes everything you will need except bottles.  You may use returnable "non-twist off" bottles or purchase new clean bottles.  A stainless steel pot (not aluminum), 12 quarts or larger, must be used to boil the wort.

     Fermenter - A 6.5 gallon food grade plastic bucket with lid.  This is where the wort is turned into beer.

     Thermometer - The yeast is added to fermenter when the wort has cooled to 75°F.

     Airlock - An air valve put on the fermenter which lets out the carbon dioxide, but will not let the air inside.

     Hydrometer - A device used to test the specific gravity of the wort.  Tells us when the beer is ready to bottle.

     Bottling Bucket - A 5 gallon food grade plastic bucket with a valve at the bottom.   The wort is transferred from the fermenter leaving the sediment behind.

     Syphon Hose - Beer is syphoned when moving from the fermenter to the bottling bucket to minimize contact with the air which can add off flavors to the beer.

     Capper - A two handed device which crimps the crown caps on to the beer bottle

     Bottle Brush - Used to keep beer bottles sparkling clean.

Choose Your Style
     Mechello Brewer's Best Ingredient kits include all the ingredients necessary to prepare 5 gallons of premium micro brewed beer.  Your beer to share with family and friends!

     Ingredients included are:  Malt extract, Hops for bittering and finishing, Hop bag, Yeast, Priming sugar and Caps.

American Light - pale color with a slight hop flavor.
Continental Pilsner - pale color with full malt flavor.
Brown Ale - All malt, dark brown color, full malt flavor, slightly sweet, with a hint of hop aroma and bite.
Steam - All malt, the San Francisco treat.
Weizenbier - All malt, full bodied wheat beer.
Classic Pale Ale - All Malt, copper color, dry bitter.
Brock - Dark with a full malt flavor.
Irish Stout - Deep dark color, well hopped with a sweet aftertaste.
German Altbier - Copper color, slightly fruity, bittersweet flavor.
Oktoberfest - Malty copper color treat.
Porter - All malt, very dark and bitter.

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Juice Concentrate kits available and required to make your own wine.  please click here to order or just browse over to our order page to see our selection.

The Fermentation Process
     Select grapes are picked from some of the best vineyards in California and Europe.  They are pressed into juice and balanced for the correct levels of sugar and acid.  Yeast is added and the sugar is converted by the yeast to carbon dioxide and alcohal.  Wine is the result!

Simple To Do
     1.  Select your wine from a variety of styles.
     2.  Prepare the pre-balanced grape juice in primary fermented.
     3.  Wait six weeks and syphon into secondary fermented.
     4.  Wait six months and bottle.
     5.  Enjoy your California or European wine for under $2.00 per bottle!

Does not require a lot of space or time.
(just two hours of fun!)

Equipment Needed
     Mechello's wine making kit includes everything you will need except bottles, corker and corks.   Used "non screw cap" wine bottles will work or you may purchase new clean bottles.  We offer a variety of corkers and corks to select from, however, you will not need these until you bottle.

     Primary Fermenter - A 7 gallon food grade plastic container.  The grape juice is blended with the yeast here and left for 3 to 5 days.

     Carboy - A 5 gallon glass bottle used for the majority of the fermentation process.

     Thermometer - Fermentation takes place at 65° to 75°F, preferably in a darkened room.

     Airlock - An air valve put on the carboy which lets out the carbon dioxide, but will not let the air inside.

     Hydrometer - A device used to test the specific gravity of the wine.  Tells us when the wine has stopped fermenting.

     Syphon Hose - Wine is syphoned when moving from the primary fermenter to carboy to minimize contact with the air which can add off flavors to the wine.

     Corker - A two handled device with a lever on top which squeezes the cork and then pushes it into the wine bottle.

     Carboy Brush - Used to remove hardened sediment from the bottom of the carboy.

     Bottle Brush - Used to keep wine bottles sparkling clean.

Choose Your Style
     Mechello Wine Ingredient kits include all ingredients necessary to prepare 5 or 6 gallons of excellent wine.  Your wine to share with family and friends!

     Ingredients included are:  Grape juice, frsh or concentrate, and pre-balanced for proper levels of sugar and acid, and yeast.  Filtered or Spring water works best for concentrate kits.

Reisling - Smooth, light, refreshing well balanced white wine.
White Zinfandel - Distinctively soft and refreshing blush wine.
Chablis - Crisp, semi-dry white wine with a clean aftertaste.
Chardonnay - Smokey, fruity bouquet, austere, dry white with pleasant acidity.
Cabernet Sauvignon - Bold, deep characterred; age for maximum benefits.
Merlot - Deep in color with aromas of black cherry and berries.
Chianti - Red wine style of the famous Tuscany region of Italy
Burgundy - An exquisite, well balanced, aromatic red wine that is well rounded and robust.
Beaujolais - Supple, fruity, delicate red typically enjoyed young.

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