Sanitizer: StarSan. I use it liberally. Almost every brewing event (bottling/brewing/racking) starts with creating a 1 gallon batch of sanitizer. It's food safe and used by many (most) restaurants. Whatever I don't use for brewing gets used for general counter cleaning.
Caps: Pick a generic color and buy in bulk. It's significantly cheaper per cap. I don't splurge for the color changing or oxygen absorbing. I try to drink the beer fast enough to not worry about needing the oxygen absorbing cap and I don't need a color changing cap to tell me if the beer is cold. I leave that gimmick to Coors.
Priming Sugar: This is another thing I buy in bulk. I have a kitchen canister full of it. It's just great to know that its available whenever I have a free hour to bottle.
Irish Moss: Irish Moss is completely optional, but it definitely makes beer clarify a lot better and doesn't impact taste. A small bottle will last several batches.
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