"Nick" <nicke@cfl.rr.com> wrote in message
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> My brew supply store gave me the necessary ingridients to make my first
> batch. I told him I wanted to make a wheat beer, and he threw everything
> on the counter and rang it up. I watched him crack the grain, and I
> believe he used two different grains. A wheat and I'm guessing a barley.
> He's a cherry fella but dont say much, so I dont exactly know what he sold
> me ;)
>
> The first trip to the store, he handed me the stuff to make a lager beer,
> and I had just told him that my wife bought me a beer making kit for my
> birthday. When I got home and started reading up on Lagers, the book said
> it was the most difficult to brew at home. It was on my second trip to the
> store, that he told me I needed a refrigerator with a special 70$
> thermostat installed to brew my own lager. (unless I do a steam beer). I
> was a little upset he didn't pass this info on during my first trip, but
> neededless to say, I'm now looking for a used freezer, refrigerator for my
> garage :)[/color]

It sounds like you might want to look for a new
brew supply store first. If you told him you were
brewing with a new kit you got for your birthday,
he never should have sold you ingrediets for a
lager without a much more thorough explanation.

A good homebrew supply dealer should be able to provide
you with sound information and advice about the products
he sells you, and it sounds like this guy is not up to it.