What came in the mail for you today?

BongoYodeler said:

Green or already roasted? And where are you ordering from? I've been ordering light roasted beans from Peets, and we generally receive them 2-5 days after they're roasted. I've been kicking around ordering from somewhere else, but I don't want to get tied to a auto-send plan until I settle in on something I like.

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Green. I bought a used roaster, Behmor, from a user here and have been "experimenting" with doing it myself. It is super easy and takes litterally 20 to 30 minutes to do. That included warming up the roaster, roasting the beans and cooling off the unit. I can do 1/2 pound at a time, and usually do 1 to 2 pounds a session before I need to give it a quick cleaning. I get my beans from CBC. I think my wife ordered the beans two or three days ago and they showed up this morning.

What I have found, is that big stores like Peets, Starbucks and others have a distinct burned flavor to them. At first I thought mine was just too weak, but then I realized it is the flavor coming out, not the burn of the beans, if that makes sense. If you can find a used roaster, the beans themselves are about 8 bucks a pound. Like brewing beer, it is fun and you get to actually consume the results. LOL.

Sorry to hijack thread. Rock on!!!!!

Thanks @redrocker652002

Roast on!!
Brew on!!

Goodies from Ritebrew.com:
30 lbs of Briess DME, a bunch of dry yeast, and a bunch of hops!

Auber EZboil 320A
2.5" x 1/2" NPT temp probe
Chassis receptacle and 8ft connecting cable for temp probe.

A few rum barrel oak staves for my upcoming Albino Squid Assassin inspired red rye IPA. Only my second time using oak!

I have a couple Barrel Mill spirals soaking in a pint bourbon right now. IMP Stout should be ready for the Holidays.

Minor cosmetic damage, which is not surprising considering the relative flimsiness of the packaging. Hopefully I can buff out the scuffs, because it's really not enough to return it for and the replacement could easily wind up getting dinged up even worse. The tower hasn't arrived yet so I can put it together anyway. On the plus side, it holds three kegs easily. Even my converted pinlocks.

48x 0.5L longneck bottles, caps and a bottle of SaniClean. The glasses were a random FB marketplace grab I just happened to be driving nearby so decided to go get em. Four for a fiver. And BEHOLD MY MIGHTY SURPRISE GIFT FOR ORDERING FOR OVER 80EUR!

A 10p coaster

1/2" stainless NPT branch tee for the temp probe on outlet of RIMS Rocket.

When I got back from my road trip (moving Dad 2k miles) had the lager book and several magazines waiting for me to read about what Other People are doing in beer (since I am not doing anything atm)

My pellet smoker died so I had to replace it with something...

Not a darn thing, junk mail notwithstanding.

Technically arrived yesterday, but retrieved today.

Mounting bracket for HopRocket / RIMSRocket.

Finally got a glycol chiller after my upright freezer fermenter turded out in January.

More barrel staves.



Medium char rum. I'll need to get a sacrificial bottle of OFTD to further soak them in, but perfect for my rum barrel red rye IPA.