Your best investments?
Re: Your best investments?
a stir plate, doesn't save any time, in fact it makes work compared to opening a pack of dry yeast, but since i started growing up a proper pitch of yeast there's been a step change in the results.
Drinking: Brown Ale
Conditioning: Pale Ale- Target, Fuggles, Goldings
Fermenting:
Up Next: Abbey Single
Conditioning: Pale Ale- Target, Fuggles, Goldings
Fermenting:
Up Next: Abbey Single
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Jocky
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Re: Your best investments?
I second that.BluePanda wrote:A brew fridge.
Also a paint stirrer for my drill, which I use as an aeration device. Wish I could get one in stainless steel.
Ingredients: Water, Barley, Hops, Yeast, Seaweed, Blood, Sweat, The swim bladder of a sturgeon, My enemies tears, Scenes of mild peril, An otter's handbag and Riboflavin.
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Pinto
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Re: Your best investments?
[quote="Jocky"Also a paint stirrer for my drill, which I use as an aeration device. Wish I could get one in stainless steel.[/quote]
http://www.coleparmer.co.uk/Category/30 ... blies/3246
http://www.coleparmer.co.uk/Category/30 ... blies/3246
Primary 1: Nonthing
Primary 2 : Nothing
Primary 3 : None
Secondary 1 : Empty
Secondary 1 : None
DJ(1) : Nowt
DJ(2) : N'otin....
In the Keg : Nada
Conditioning : Nowt
In the bottle : Cinnamonator TC, Apple Boost Cider, Apple & Strawberry Cider
Planning : AG #5 - Galaxy Pale (re-brew) / #6 - Alco-Brau (Special Brew Clone) / #7 Something belgian...
Projects : Mini-brew (12l brew length kit) nearly ready
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Primary 2 : Nothing
Primary 3 : None
Secondary 1 : Empty
Secondary 1 : None
DJ(1) : Nowt
DJ(2) : N'otin....
In the Keg : Nada
Conditioning : Nowt
In the bottle : Cinnamonator TC, Apple Boost Cider, Apple & Strawberry Cider
Planning : AG #5 - Galaxy Pale (re-brew) / #6 - Alco-Brau (Special Brew Clone) / #7 Something belgian...
Projects : Mini-brew (12l brew length kit) nearly ready
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Re: Your best investments?
I love the disapproving looks from management at work when I get the ColePalmer catalogue out. Pricey.Pinto wrote:[quote="Jocky"Also a paint stirrer for my drill, which I use as an aeration device. Wish I could get one in stainless steel.
http://www.coleparmer.co.uk/Category/30 ... blies/3246
My best bargain is in there though. Adams Scales £480 in Colepalmer, picked one up second hand on eBay £65. Highly recommend scouting the Business, Office & Industrial section of eBay for bust companies selling off gear.
http://www.coleparmer.co.uk/Product/Ada ... Z-11902-02
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Jocky
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Re: Your best investments?
Pinto wrote:http://www.coleparmer.co.uk/Category/30 ... blies/3246Jocky wrote:Also a paint stirrer for my drill, which I use as an aeration device. Wish I could get one in stainless steel.
Ooh. Big kiss for Pinto.
Ingredients: Water, Barley, Hops, Yeast, Seaweed, Blood, Sweat, The swim bladder of a sturgeon, My enemies tears, Scenes of mild peril, An otter's handbag and Riboflavin.
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GeeThom
Re: Your best investments?
My beer improved the most when I got two fridges with heat and cooling control
I can fit up to 60 litre vessel for fermenting and cooling and beer now crystal clear in about 10 days from start.
I can fit up to 60 litre vessel for fermenting and cooling and beer now crystal clear in about 10 days from start.
Re: Your best investments?
I have a list 
2 Brewing Fridges
1 x Bottle Rinser (http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... ml#a101296) how did I manage before without one of these
Plate chiller
Cheers DC
2 Brewing Fridges
1 x Bottle Rinser (http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... ml#a101296) how did I manage before without one of these
Plate chiller
Cheers DC
FV No 1: Nowt
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
Re: Your best investments?
A boring one from me. My 60 litre plastic bucket I bought from Hop & Grape for £17.99 in 2008 - that did its 75th AG boil last Saturday.
I brew therefore I ... I .... forget
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Fil
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Re: Your best investments?
1) brewfridge
2) quality SS lwd boil elements
3) starsan
4) a grainfarther
my worst punt, and ive had a few were the SS balls via ebay, bought with the intention of weighing down dry hop bags. - they were thin skinned and hollow so floated!!
ps hope you have a hassle free move in so far as you can..
2) quality SS lwd boil elements
3) starsan
4) a grainfarther
my worst punt, and ive had a few were the SS balls via ebay, bought with the intention of weighing down dry hop bags. - they were thin skinned and hollow so floated!!
ps hope you have a hassle free move in so far as you can..
ist update for months n months..
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Fermnting: not a lot..
Conditioning: nowt
Maturing: Challenger smash, and a kit lager
Drinking: dry one minikeg left in the store
Coming Soon Lots planned for the near future nowt for the immediate
Re: Your best investments?
1. brew fridge
2. floor drain!
Until i got the brew fridge I struggled to get a full ferment. since then i get a full ferment every time
2. floor drain!
Until i got the brew fridge I struggled to get a full ferment. since then i get a full ferment every time
Re: Your best investments?
+1 for the Hop & Grape Bucket I've got one of those as my 1st all grain boiler (well actually it's my 2nd one as I messed up drilling the holes in the 1st one 
) and it's still going strong but been replaced with a shiny boiler
Cheers DC
) and it's still going strong but been replaced with a shiny boilerCheers DC
FV No 1: Nowt
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.