Christmas gear?

[Atlmustang]

Northern Brewer has a kit with a Digital Ph meter, refractometer, 2 packs of ph booster and various theifs for sampling on sale for $100. Seems like a great idea for nailing down Ph and various gravity readings.

 

[bobeer]

therma pen, refactometer, mill, floor corker, parts to a nitro setup, etc etc etc. You need all these things. you just don't know it yet. Haha.

Or how about a gift card for some hops/grain/yeast? or just to save for a rainy day?

 

[Atlmustang]

Went with a refractometer. Neat!

 

[M0KCE]

look up the tilt it looks like a pretty sweet gadget.

I blame you for this and when the wife flips, I'm pointing her in your direction. I'd not head of the Tilt until I saw your post. I just pulled the trigger and ordered one. I've got three weeks to find a good hiding spot until SWMBO cools off.

 

[Thorsbrew]

To me, Craigslist is like fishing; you have to keep dipping your line in the water to find a lunker.

If you don't absolutely need something immediately, it's well-worth checking Craigslist for a couple weeks or so.

I ran into the deal of a lifetime on Craigslist last year. For $150 I got 2 glass carboys, fermentation fridge, cooler mash tun w/ ball valve and screen installed, fastrack bottle drying system, Inkbird 308, bottle caps, capper, 16 22-oz bomber bottles, 5-gallon kettle with lid, milk crate, and a host of small stuff. I figured it was $400-worth of stuff.

I sold the Carboys for $25 (yeah, they were worth more, but I got rid of them which is what I wanted), so my net on the rest was $125. This was the kick-start I needed to get me going with all-grain.

If you search Craigslist for brew, beer, brewing, kegerator, keezer (unlikely, but might hit), freezer and refrigerator, you'll find all sorts of interesting stuff.

Here's an example from the Dubuque area Craigslist: http://cedarrapids.craigslist.org/for/5884439342.html

Mash tun, burner, kettle--$40. The guy puts these together and sells 'em cheap, proceeds to a local food pantry.

Keep fishing!

Nice. I got a keg setup with 4 ball lock corny kegs, 5lb co2 tank, 2 gauge regulator, 4 way manifold and some other odds and ends for $250. Not the best but decent. That giant chest freezer for $120 delivered was really the great deal.

Definitely agree on lurking craigslist as well. Woodworking is another one of my hobbies and i cant wait to get a trailer so i can haul larger items of wood and electronics like dryers to salvage the motors etc from free items off craigslist to make my own tools and more (got plans to make my own huge band saw).