Equipment suggestions

[Blackhawkbrew]

I'm a basic AG brewer, 48 quart cooler with SS braid and 10 gallon aluminum stock pot. I have an IC and a 5 cubic foot chest freezer for a fermentation chamber with an ebay temp controller. I'm looking to add something to the "brewery" but don't know what. Any suggestions?

 

[OneHoppyGuy]

I have just the thing

 

[Blackhawkbrew]

Some day OHG, some day!

 

[boogyman]

One of the things that helped me out early on was a pump.. it was nice not to have to lift the mash tun, or buckets of water.

After that, a brew stand to connect the pump to was nice too

 

[Runyanka]

Grain mill for bulk buys?

 

[Dog House Brew]

Grain mill for bulk buys?

I second that Motion

 

[Blackhawkbrew]

grain mill, huh? The LHBS has bulk grain and a mill. Is bulk grain cheaper? What about a CFC?

 

[LordUlrich]

Kegging setup if you don't already have on. Otherwise a mill is great. A mill will pay for itself, at my local shop a sack of grain (50 or 55lb not sure) is about $40, 10lbs is $12...so about 20 per sack saved, and I go through about 2 sacks a year...new mill paid for in 2 years

 

[emjay]

Group buys make grain even cheaper. I get 55lbs of 2-row for about $20. That's about 36¢ per pound. A mill really does pay for itself in no time, and you also get the benefit of crushing grain precisely the way you want it.

 

[PJM]

Williams aeration system? Thermapen? Digital scale?