Brew Balls

[coffeegod]

Has anyone tried these? They seem like a really good thing to waste my tax refund on...that and an immersion chiller.

http://brewballstore.com

 

[steakandale]

That's kinda fun! Sort of a variation on a Galileo thermometer...

 

[152Sumo]

neat. good idea

 

[152Sumo]

just thought of something. wouldnt a piece of hops or krausen stuck to a ball make it sink faster than it is calibrated for?

 

[TheBeerNerd]

just thought of something. wouldnt a piece of hops or krausen stuck to a ball make it sink faster than it is calibrated for?

Possibly, but it doesn't look like they're calibrated for dead-on SG readings, so I don't know how much of a problem it would be.

Cool idea, nonetheless.

 

[jmansfield]

Save your money and buy a digital fermonitor instead.

 

[lackey2000]

I like the idea of not having to remove the airlock, inserting wine thief and risking infection.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Good luck seeing the balls through the kraeusen covering the headspace of the fermenter and through the opaque yeast in the fermenting beer!

 

[Yambor44]

Good luck seeing the balls through the kraeusen covering the headspace of the fermenter and through the opaque yeast in the fermenting beer!

It says on their site you probably wont be able to see during active fermentation (krausen) but here are some pics of it in the wort with active yeast and you can see them plain as day.

http://brewballstore.com/brewball_photos.html

Cool idea but I like knowing exactly where I am on fermentation when I am done, plus I'd still have to open the lid as I use buckets primarily for my primary fermentation.

 

[ArcaneXor]

It says on their site you probably wont be able to see during active fermentation (krausen) but here are some pics of it in the wort with active yeast and you can see them plain as day.

http://brewballstore.com/brewball_photos.html

I wonder how many quarts of fermcap they used... My fermenters always like something like this... WITH fermcap!

 

[IceFisherChris]

I think it's a huge GIMMICK. Seriously. You know when your beer goes below 20 points and that's it. Most of my beers finish between 20 and 10 points. There is absolutely no accuracy with this. You WILL need to take a hydro reading no matter what. You won't be able to see them for most of fermentation because of krausen. Plus if any yeasties/hops get stuck on them, they lose accuracy. Sorry but don't try to fix what isn't broken (hydrometer.)

 

[steinsato]

I wanna dip my balls in it.....

 

[Yambor44]

I wanna dip my balls in it.....

 

[Ryush806]

I think it's a huge GIMMICK. Seriously. You know when your beer goes below 20 points and that's it. Most of my beers finish between 20 and 10 points. There is absolutely no accuracy with this. You WILL need to take a hydro reading no matter what. You won't be able to see them for most of fermentation because of krausen. Plus if any yeasties/hops get stuck on them, they lose accuracy. Sorry but don't try to fix what isn't broken (hydrometer.)

Agreed...these are worthless. Especially when you consider the $20 price tag.

 

[makomachine]

Even more worthless? I emailed them about a custom set over a month ago and never got a response. Meh...

 

[Jayman931]

go to their website...then you'll understand why you didn't get a call...

 

[maltoftheearth]

I wanna dip my balls in it.....

Classic reference.

How are brew balls any better than using a hydrometer with a thief?

 

[Blasphemy168]

Did anybody buy a set and want to part with it?

 

[Jag75]

Has anyone tried these? They seem like a really good thing to waste my tax refund on...that and an immersion chiller.

http://brewballstore.com

Lol I thought you were posting about wanting to brew really , really bad hehe

 

[gunhaus]

Do ya ever feel like you're 8-9 years behind everything that is going on???? . . . . . Right now i am really glad i feel that way!