Grain weighing scales

By specific scale anyone uses to weigh grains for a batch? Or do you make your own?

are you asking for brand names? i bought a digital cheapie from amazon that has a 11lb capacity, works great but i don't know the brand.

Charlieatthedisco said:

By specific scale anyone uses to weigh grains for a batch? Or do you make your own?

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not sure what ^this^ means, but most LHBS sell digital scales and triple beam scales you can use to weigh grain.

Charlieatthedisco said:

By specific scale anyone uses to weigh grains for a batch? Or do you make your own?

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Is it happy hour at russian river?

My brother got me this one for Christmas, I've been quite happy with it.

Ultraship 35 Scale - Testing & Measuring - Equipment - Brewing : Northern Brewer

Taylor Digital Black Glass Food Scale : Target

This is the scale I use. Just an average ordinary kitchen scale. Use it to weigh hops and grains. It only has a 11 lb capacity, but I just measure and add a couple times to get the weight I want. Its also only accurate down to a tenth of an ounce, so trying to weight .25 oz exactly is difficult. When I want to get .25 oz, I just weigh in the hops until it reaches .2 oz, then add the amount to make it .3 oz, then visually divide the amount I just added by half.

The UltraShip 55 lb. scale has a detachable face which makes it easy to weigh in a 5 gallon bucket without having a problem of reading the display. It was a work horse with our most recent group grain buy and did the job well.

I have the UltraShip 55 scale too. Got the AC adapter, so I don't need to worry about batteries. I do like how the face comes off, connected by a cable (2' reach I believe). Makes weighing grain in just about anything easy. I also have the stainless cover for the platform. I typically weigh into either a 5 gallon bucket, or the bucket fermenter that came with my first kit. That's as close as the bucket comes to brewing now.

passedpawn said:

Is it happy hour at russian river?

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Gotta love that place

Golddiggie said:

I have the UltraShip 55 scale too. Got the AC adapter, so I don't need to worry about batteries.

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Does it work with only AC and no batteries installed? I read in a random Amazon review where someone mentioned that batteries had to be installed for the AC adapter to work. That didn't sound right to me.

I also have the stainless cover for the platform.

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What is this? I haven't heard of a stainless steel cover for the scale?

I don't have any batteries in my scale and it works just fine with the AC adapter.

This is the stainless top... Fits just fine on the UltraShip 55 model too.

The one I weigh grains in is 22$ at target, analog, and 11lb capacity. For any small amounts like hops and that I have a small digital scale that does grams and ounces... no idea why I have that ... you can get them at many quickie marts for around 20$, at least you can around here.

I use one that is similar to what you see at the supermarket.

I use a Hanson #895 scale (That I found at an auction) for weighing bulk grain, propane, and CO2 tanks. It is accurate to 50#. I use a kitchen scale (up to 11#) for weighing specialty grains and hops. I use a cheapo gram scale for measuring water salts and minerals.

I use a starfrit 5kg (11lb) digital scale for my grains, was 10$ on sale.

I use a 7$ digital jewellers scale I got off eBay that is precise to 0.1g for hops and water salts. It was spot on with various pennies that I used to check calibration.