home buying bonus...look what i found

so i bought a house from a guy that used to make wine. i saw a bunch of the stuff in the basement when i went to look at the house. almost all of his wine stuff was taken with him but he left this out back for me the day of settlement.





i havent checked to see how much it will hold yet, but i know its way more than 5 gallons. double batch maybe?




there was also an old record player. the only date on it says 1901. it still works. i bet its worth a pretty penny

jonp9576 said:

there was also an old record player. the only date on it says 1901. it still works. i bet its worth a pretty penny

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only if someone buys it for a pretty penny.

yea, probably wont happen. i just did some research, the brand makes some real rare ones, but this model is one of the more common ones. valued from only $75-$300 depending on condition.


but it is an awesome fermenter i got out of the deal

Maybe he was just really happy someone bought his house. Congratulations.

You're complaining that it's only worth $75-$300?

And you paid WHAT for it? ZERO. Sounds like some nice $$ if you ask me.

Step 1: Buy House and have previous owner leave vintage record player
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit.

the only reason i'm complaining is because when we were first looking up old record players my friend found one from the same brand worth over $2000 and i just assumed this one would be too.

The Demijohn is most likely 15 gallons

It is a 15 gallon demi-john. It retails for about $75.

You are gonna need a huuuuuge milk crate!

the one I have has a faux wicker basket made of plastic with handles I have yet to use it

Congrats on the new house - hope you have lots of space for brewing!

15 gallons in a glass carboy has to be a bear to move around... don't drop it! 120+ lbs of mayhem...

i was thinking about making some kind of rack for it next to the wash sink in the basement. that way i wont ever have to move it. i can get water into to clean it, and then syphon out of it, and to fill it with wort i can use a funnel and ale pails to do the transferring from my BK

i could even make the rack dump to make it easier to clean


so being 15 gallons, i can now do double batches. that should be plenty of room for head space of a 10 gal batch, right?

maybe i'll primary in 5 ale pails and then secondary together in this thing.