How do you spend $500

[JoshuaWhite5522]

this is how I did it.... omitted is the supplies for 10 gallon blond ale, and 5 gallons of mead.

incade you are wondering about the flower, they are so my wife dosen't leave me when she gets home.

 

[arturo7]

Looks like money well spent!

 

[BrewMoreBeers]

This is how i got my keezer and some gear...

Step one - bought engagement ring,
Step two - spend a **** load of cash on brewing gear,
Step three - got ****ty looks for spending so much money
Step four - delivered engagement ring
Step five - no more ****ty looks over spending cash on brewing supplies.

Now i just have to get all the gear i will ever need before the wedding.

 

[kpr121]

This is how i got my keezer and some gear...

Step one - bought engagement ring,
Step two - spend a **** load of cash on brewing gear,
Step three - got ****ty looks for spending so much money
Step four - delivered engagement ring
Step five - no more ****ty looks over spending cash on brewing supplies.

Now i just have to get all the gear i will ever need before the wedding.

My SWMBO would say "I still have 9 other fingers!"

 

[Captain_Bigelow]

Take out a grinder and some gator grit polishing pads and you can get those kegs to a mirrored finish with a few hours work (well about 4 hours per keg).

 

[JoshuaWhite5522]

definitely going to put the gator grit to them..... but thats for a little later, right now I have to start the supply line again after a year long hiatus

 

[manoaction]

Dude that awesome. Especially the flowers.

 

[JoshuaWhite5522]

thanks, the systems maiden voyage will start in about 24 hours

 

[nanofreak]

Looks really kick ass, what model burner is that?

 

[JoshuaWhite5522]

the burner is a camp chef SH-140L-2. claims to be 60,000 btu/hr tomorrow will test how it does with 12 or so gallons of wort

 

[homebeerbrewer]

the burner is a camp chef SH-140L-2. claims to be 60,000 btu/hr tomorrow will test how it does with 12 or so gallons of wort

That's the same burner I have, they work great. Nice investment. Now you need to build a sculpture to hold everything.:rockin:

 

[JoshuaWhite5522]

would love to build one, unfortunetly there isn't any room in the apartment to hold what I want to build, the the full rig is on hold until we move

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I think it's actually more of a challenge to spend LESS THAN $500 when talking gear and brewing.

It's easy to drop $50 on a single sanitary fitting for this stuff. And adds up quick!

 

[humann_brewing]

My SWMBO would say "I still have 9 other fingers!"

and you could say, I can take care of that, let me go to the tool chest.

 

[chicagobrew]

This is how i got my keezer and some gear...

Step one - bought engagement ring,
Step two - spend a **** load of cash on brewing gear,
Step three - got ****ty looks for spending so much money
Step four - delivered engagement ring
Step five - no more ****ty looks over spending cash on brewing supplies.

Now i just have to get all the gear i will ever need before the wedding.

I used this exact same method to get my woodworking shop set up. I was about 3 months from getting married and decided I better buy everything I needed before there was a joint bank account and I needed to ask permission. In retrospect, it was one of the best things I ever did. One piece of advice for married life: keep separate credit cards. That way she can only see how much you spent but not how you spent it.

 

[brettwasbtd]

This is how i got my keezer and some gear...

Step one - bought engagement ring,
Step two - spend a **** load of cash on brewing gear,
Step three - got ****ty looks for spending so much money
Step four - delivered engagement ring
Step five - no more ****ty looks over spending cash on brewing supplies.

Now i just have to get all the gear i will ever need before the wedding.

I am also with the group that wants to buy all the equipment I can prior to tying the knot. My problem is that the fiance is a horse lover, so anything bought for brewing is like pennies in comparison to equine things. I will be the one getting mad at HER spending

 

[dutch101st]

Lucky for me I got divorced BEFORE I got into brewing...so when the next SWMBO comes along I will have thing by and large bought and paid for.

Having said that, I dropped $500 last week- got a keggle, fittings, tubing, ball valves, and connectors...it goes QUICK. I still have about another $400 to spend (Temp controller, pump, MORE fittings, grain mill) before I am where I want to be at with my brewery. The good news is that I am nearly done after nearly a month of planning, welding, drilling, redesigning, welding some more, planning, ordering, waiting, bending, redesigning again, welding again, and putting things together.

Fun fun fun hobby.