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Originally Posted by 2bet
i have always been scared to do this giving the horror stories i have heard people go thru. Not sure what makes it dangerous, but have definately heard of burn victims from brewing beer.
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I dont know how someone would get a burn other than being careless quite honestly. There are several methods that would be considered "brewing" at home.
From mixing up a simple beer concentrate with water and adding yeast, to full hour long boils. Usually a full boil is done on a propane turkey fryer style rig. Sure you could get burned, but no more so than if you're just boiling water for an hour.
I do a method on the stove top in a 5 gallon pot. Steep some grains, add some extract, add hops at specific intervals, chill, add yeast, wait a few weeks. Thats about it.
The most common issues I've read of are failure to be 100% sanitary and getting an infected batch. Or over-priming glass bottles to the point where they fail and explode. It's pretty simple to avoid both of these things though.