Home Brewers thread

Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by Skarecrow, Nov 20, 2008.

  1. pksublime
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    I built mine too, did I post a picture?
     
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    I think you mean magnets....
     
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    I followed plans from stirstarters.com - if it's worth it to you you can just buy one from there
     
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    Indeed - I meant magnets. What did I say, batteries?
     
  5. pksublime
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    wait i just realized i had a piece of brewing equipment before the #1 home brewer in MN ;)
     
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    huh? whozat?
     
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    umm stirplate
     
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    Okay, I'm not going to buy it, but the Maple Grove home goods has what measures to be approximately a 35 gallon heavy duty stainless stockpot. It's $200. If I was building up my BrewMeister clone it would be perfect. I don't know if you bigger rig guys are interested or not. Sorry, should have took a picture but my 18 month old could have easily stood int it and not been able to see out :D
     
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    damn, really!?
     
  10. pksublime
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    Really ;)
    I could front the money for you if you're interested. Can also stop by and grab a pic on my way home.
     
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    I'm not in the position to make that purchase right now, but it's good to know it's out there...
    See, I would need three of them. :D
     
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    Restaurant Depot has 100 qt pots for $90 oops that was aluminum, don't buy aluminum
    Steel pots are here
     
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    Aren't those aluminum though?

    $200 form Home Goods isn't bad if they have the thick layered bottom. But still as Ted said, need three of them. And my still unbuilt 16 gallon conical would need to be replaced with an even larger one :)
     
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    Yep just realized that and was about to correct it....
     
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    aluminum-shmaloomanum.
     
  16. pksublime
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    weird i thoght if i searched craiglist for "paul is not as awesome as ted" i'd get more than two results

    and why isn't fishpoo a search term for those posts?
     
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    HAHAHA! well, that's a common search term.
     
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    which one? fishpoo? i don't get any results for that one

    Also, this thread has seemed to converge on a 3-way conversation ... just an observation
     
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    HA! I may have to flag those postings for misinformation :)
     
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    who's this new guy with the outback pictar?

    I'm going to try to haul my gear to Lucid on Saturday morning and take part of the "big brew day" there. You guys interested? Free grain and they're providing pre-heated strike water.
     
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    wow really? i still only do extract and the occasional partial mash. how are they going to handle cooling?
     
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    nm, the 25 brewer spots are already filled - i can come as a non-brewer though
     
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    throw your crap into your car just in case someone doesn't show. People always flake out on crap like this.
    If you want, we can throw some more water into the grain bed, run that off into your kettle, add 3lbs of extract and you can use my HLT burner for a boil.

    heck, all you may need is a kettle, a carboy (or pail) and some extract to bump up your sugarz.
    here's what I'll be bringing.

    Stand
    Carboys
    hops
    mash paddle
    sanitizer
    pail
    extension cord
    hose reel
    canopy
    bungs for top of carboys
    stainless spoon
    cooler and ice
    pitcher
    nylon bag
    towels
    lighter
    spray bottle
    mill
    drill
    a freaking chair
    milk crate
    piece of plywood for a table
     
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    oh yeah, and some freaking tunes.
     
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    Sounds like a plan - now to make sure nothing else is on the calendar....
     
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    RAD.
     
  27. pksublime
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    ok i'm in - still going to decide about brewing or not

    what grain is going to be in the mash tun?

    and do I bring yeast or wait to pitch until i get home?

    you going to try to be there right at 830?
     
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    We'll take this to E-mail.
    I got a Blonde recipe - and I'll bring some more 2 row, some specialty grain that you can steep (I think I have some in my fridge) and a bunch of hops. I'm going to pitch at home.

    Yeah, my plan is to be there between 8:15-8:30
     
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    well almost a week later and the brew is still going at a steady pace - glad i put the carboy inside a tub to catch the escaping mess
     
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    Mine is as well.
    :D
     
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    Does anybody want some free pre-milled specialty malt?

    I have 30+ lbs each of Black, Chocolate and Dextrin malts from Pauls Malting, a British maltster.

    PM me.
     
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    how long ago was it milled?
     
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    It was milled for a group brew for the AHA Big Brew Day on 5-4-2013. I didn't do the milling so I don't know for 100%, but 1 or 2 days before I'm sure.
     
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    Nice meeting you Aaron and thanks for the malt! Hoping to brew something with it this coming weekend.
     
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    Hops away!

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    photo 2 copy 3.JPG
     
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    punks.
     
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    Say what?
     
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    you brewers are a bunch of punks.
     
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    Thanks Aaron, I'm sure I'll be making some good use out of some of that malt.
    Takes one to know one
     
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    Okay I know that the Tardis is why this was posted on the net, but that's not exactly what I think is funny...
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    well picked up a kegerator on CL - time to modify it some so it'll fit my kegs

    disassembled / before pic
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    building the collar
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    and gluing the collar on with epoxy
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    Kegerator mods are done and the thing has been running for a bit. Never cycles off so I'm assuming the previous owner had it hooked up with a temp controller. I'll be building one this weekend.

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    Well done! Get a thermometer in there and see what temp its cooling to. May not be necessary to hook a temp controller to it. Unless of course its turning the kegs to ice :)
     
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    Check out the new Chop and Brew about the barrels in my basement!

     
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    SO AWESOME!