Announcing the third (or is it the fourth?) annual Masstoberfest

[paulthenurse]

Would it be dirty pool to trump you biatches by waiting till the end and outbidding you all by $5? I know the guy running the auction, I got an in.

Just kidding, I promise to play nice.

PTN

But c'mon? $150? I'd pay $150 just to see it filled with boiling wort.

 

[frankw]

Ok. $200

 

[Strangebird]

If only I had that kind of capacity to us a 26er... Hey maybe the winner can invite folks over for a brew session, charge to see it in action and donate the proceeds.

 

[the_bird]

I'll give you $5 if you let me touch it. The kettle, you perv!

 

[paulthenurse]

I'll give you $5 if you let me touch it.

Kind of brings me back to my alter boy days...




OK, snap out of it.



200 bucks? That's the best you got? While that's a little more like it, I KNOW some of you want it more than that. I saw you all leering at it, that intense, glassy eyed look. You know, the one that Yeager has when he walks past the Victoria's Secret shop at the Mall... Go inside, Yeager. Look around. It's okay to pick up a few things. Feel pretty nice, don't they?

No, you can't try anything on!

Not here. But you can buy it and take it home. And when you are behind closed doors where no one can see you then you can. You can... you can... you can BREW with it.

Well no, not you Yeager, you would need to learn how to brew first, but the rest of you get my meaning, right?

Dig deep, a chance like this don't come around that often.

PTN

 

[Cape Brewing]

It would probably sell higher if you stopped fondling the thing so much. You're making it feel dirty and ashamed of itself.

 

[RLinNH]

What time does our last bid have to be in by?

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Kind of brings me back to my alter boy days...

PTN

I didn't know you were a Catholic priest.

 

[paulthenurse]

What time does our last bid have to be in by?

When I get home after work in Monday morning. Let's call it 8:00 am.

PTN

 

[paulthenurse]

Going once...

 

[frankw]

Paul,

Do you have any bids via PM?

Frank

 

[frankw]

So did I win?


If so, I want to up my bid to $225.

 

[paulthenurse]

SOLD! to the big guy with the Red Sox hat for $225.

Thanks Frank.

PTN

 

[frankw]

Thanks Paul!

 

[PaulTheOriginal]

Congrats, Frank.

 

[DakotaRules]

Congrats Frank!

 

[frankw]

Thanks guys.

I installed a ball valve and a stainless screen and pickup tube when I got it home this afternoon. Now the big question. What's worthy of a 20 gallon batch?

 

[Strangebird]

Congrats! I'm definitely jealous, but just couldn't justify something that large in my apartment process.

 

[frankw]

Yeah, but you could put the thing on the stove and turn on all the burners at once.

 

[Strangebird]

You have a point. Though I don't even have enough carboys to handle 20 gallons. So I would have had to buy even more stuff. Besides, I could see how attached to it you had grown that day.

 

[the_bird]

This bidding was rigged, I tell you! Frankie waits until the last possible moment, and then puts in the very last bid. RIGGED!



Congrats, that pot was awesome but I can't see myself graduating even to 10-gallon batches for a while to come.

That pot would be great for doing like a 10-gallon batch of a Utopias clone, or anything else where you wanted a huge amount of evaporation.

 

[RLinNH]

I blew it. I was supposed to put a bid in yesterday morning before heading out the door for work. Congrats Frank!!! At least I can check that baby out at the next meeting.

 

[frankw]

I blew it. I was supposed to put a bid in yesterday morning before heading out the door for work. Congrats Frank!!! At least I can check that baby out at the next meeting.

Thanks.

I know, I was expecting a bidding war at the end.

I'll bust it out next meeting for a proper droolfest.

 

[paulthenurse]

Now the big question. What's worthy of a 20 gallon batch?

Don't matter what you make, it just needs to be something you don't mind drinking a lot of. Cause you are sure going to have a lot of it.

How about a simple bitter, a nice, easy session beer?

PTN

 

[RLinNH]

Now you guys have me looking at 25 gallon Mega Pots. When will it end!?!?!?

 

[frankw]

Now you guys have me looking at 25 gallon Mega Pots. When will it end!?!?!?

With any luck, it never ends.

 

[paulthenurse]

You know what? When someone asked da lady nurses in da ICU what it's like to work with me, dat's EXACTLY what they said!!!!

What a coinkydink!!!

PTN