Brewing In A Pinch

[mrwest]

You're six days into a 2 month expedition, and if you were lucky enough to not be on a dry ship, it's de facto dry by now anyway. You're eying the ethanol stores, the crew is eying each other, and all hell will break loose if y'all don't get some sweet water soon. This is no time for artistry.
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The tools you need are simple: an electric drip coffee maker with hot plate, a coffee filter, 2 1-liter sample jars, 2 handkerchiefs, 2 rubber bands, and a source of clean (preferably R/O) water.

Link

I'm curious, what do you need at a bare minimum to knock out a half decent brew? If you were stuck on an island somewhere, could you make beer? When brewing at home, what dodgy substitutes have you used in a pinch? Reading that article got me thinking about what's really essential to brewing beer (yeast, sugars, etc) and what's just nice to have.

 

[bum]

Check the link in the first post of this thread:

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=32043