greetings from iraq

[daniel17319]

im here doing insane amounts of reaseach to figrue out how to make all grain beer when i get back never done anything like that before, but ill be ready when i get back i been having the wifey find stuff for me.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Thank you for your service! Now, get back soon and do that brew!

We will be here to help you. Just make sure to ask.

 

[daniel17319]

ok im cheap so im going to be very careful see if this makes sense to you.


i got a original corana mill from my mom, mysquetion were do i get large hopper for it and convert it to electric. i need plans

i got an oxgen regulator and oxigen bottles from my syster as well as the new hoses and pill containers to make those blowoff tubes.

i want to go the all glass carboy route were do i get theses cheap!!!! my brother lives near the border so maybe he can get them any ideas, and could i make a fermentors out of carlo rossi bottles, and has anyone tried to make fermtentors out of juego jars mexican juice jars these are very large and cheap in el paso

also i want to bottle my beer what free bottles are the best champagne or corked whine bottles, i understand these are very reusable and strong.

also were do iget a cheap cooler 70 qt, i may be able to get one though the army via creative igineering, and who has the best plans and advice for converting. im going to use copper. im also going to make my own coonterflow chiller

i need a scale for hops i seen them on deal extreme a chinese website for 12 bucks free shipping

thermomters were do get one for cheap!!! or several

also were do i get a torch to heat my keg without spending 75 bucks!!!

im doing all this reaserch so im not spinning my wheels when im getting back, i never brewed anything, and i hate stater kits and extract stuff if im gonig to do it im doing it up right like all my other hobbies.

i need a keg my bro found one for 60 bucks on craigslist el paso, i think i can do better at the scrap yards i want a 15 gallon. what do you guys think all legal implications aside.

 

[Parker36]

SO I'll try to give you the cheapest answers I can here:

1) For a hopper, you can just get a bucket and mount. If you have a multispeed drill you can hook it up to your mill to get it going.

2) I would recommend the ale pales for fermenting. They are much cheaper than the glass carboys. Also have your family back home be on craigslist watch for you. Lots of good stuff to be had on there. I don't have any experience with the Mexican glass carboys, but I have heard not nice things about their quality/durability.

3) I would recommend sticking with beer bottles. Caps and a capper are cheaper than corks/wire cages/corker is, plus bottles are easier to come by (plus only champagne bottles are built to hold pressure, not wine bottles). Anything that is pop top (as opposed to twist work). When it gets to the time to start emptying bottles, you can look around for lists of which are best.

4) Home Depot and Walmart will occasionally have sales on coolers. Another thing to have friends/family on the lookout for.

5) If you want a scale for just hops, you can get good, reliable, cheap postage scales at any office store (ie Staples)

6) What kind of thermometers are you looking for? For during the mash/boil or for during fermentation? Need more info for that one.

7) I'm afraid you are going to be spending at least $75 (especially if you have a keggle). Worth the money, though

7.5) I would recommend looking into a turkey fryer. It comes with a burner and a big kettle so they are a pretty good deal especially around Thanksgiving time.

Hope this all helps, stay safe. Come back with more questions, we'll help

 

[daniel17319]

this the kind of answers im looking for thanx

were do i get the mout its missing its mout so im guessing in convert the bucket through some creative ingineering, i think the screw idea will be the first way i go, but im looking for something more perman like the corna mounted on a board with swamp cooler belst and and old drill engine anyone got any ezperience with this,,,,

i thought about plastic,,,theres a certain amount of ooh and ahh factor to see whats going on this is the only thing ill pay to get, but still try and get a good deal.

i got a 70 gt rectangular cooler for free its beat up but who cares my 1st sergent gave it to me so when i go home ill ship it in our plt conex

i also got a large shower head for military showers portable style for a sparge arms. its big and green portable shower any ideas how to set this up mabe just dump the water in the portable shower and turn it on.

postage scale ill have the wifey look for on hopefully they go on sale.

im looking for thermomters for both mash tun sparging so on, fermenting, my brother has a laser thermomter you point and click hell be helping me on brew days anyone know about these if they are any good

so 65 bucks craigslist is a good buy for a keg ill have my bro get it

i heard about the turkey fryer however will it boil 15 gallons of water??? i have a buddy in the army is a welder he has plama torch other welding stuff he will build whatever i want for a couple of gallons of beer and helper what are you guyese thoughts

oh what else do i need, like i need a heat reistant waterhose for a conterflow any ideas about cheapest spot to get one or is a regular hose fine for this.

also i want a mixein paddle would an old wooden boat paddle work and what would i make a mixer out of,, a big metal spoon is out of the question not nearly cool enough for me lol

ive watched every u tube video ever on brewing and read every article on line about,,,there really is a million ways to skin a cat this is just going to be mine becaseu this is what i got already


apreciate it my beer drinking and brewing brothers

 

[snipper_cr]

Thank you for your service.
We have an amazing group of people here who will help you (and anybody!) out. Welcome to the boards!
And again, thank you.

 

[weirdboy]

I'm having a hard time discerning the questions you still have, because it looks like you copy and pasted from the other thread that already has answers, and don't use any punctuation like question marks. Could you just repost only the unanswered questions?

I see a question about a laser thermometer. The problem with those is that they don't work very well on liquids. I struggled with my thermometers for a long time because they either weren't accurate enough, or kept breaking and causing me problems with efficiency when I was mashing.

Nowadays I use a Thermapen, although I have recently ordered a (also from Thermoworks) Mini Handheld Thermocouple with a couple of K-type probes, one of which is a regular pointy probe, and one of which is a completely waterproof, heat-proof silicone probe that can just sit in the mash tun or fermenter without breaking. The MTC Mini thermocouple is $43, and you can get probes for it from around $30, so it comes out to be roughly the same price as a Thermapen, only with more flexibility.

Not sure what other questions were in there.

 

[shortyjacobs]

Bro, no one wants to sift through that ungodly mess. Make a new post, put your questions in it, keep it neat so others can tell what you are asking....

I second Weirdboy....laser thermometers are great for figuring out how hot an engine is, but shyte for looking at mash temp.

 

[hexmonkey]

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[bradsul]

I've merged the two threads together. Hopefully that will clear things up and this fellow can get some assistance.