I wish I had never bought...

[pricelessbrewing]

Vinyl tubing.
Autosiphons (I think I'm on #4 now) Sure wish that pro brewer siphon would launch....
Wrong sized barbs, fittings, etc.
Low cost low quality heat sticks from amazon. They both melted after 2-5 uses.

 

[hinkensj]

Most everything I buy initially. I try to cut costs by buying a less expensive version only to replace it with what I should have bought the first time!

 

[LarMoeCur]

Most everything I buy initially. I try to cut costs by buying a less expensive version only to replace it with what I should have bought the first time!

The old buy once cry once! I hate wasting money on crap that doesn't work!

 

[corkybstewart]

A filtration system
A yeast culturing setup(free actually, but it's a waste of space)
So many glass carboys

 

[jmark]

A SS Brewtech conical... far easier to overbuild starters (and get low trub and no dry hob detritus) than harvest yeast and the PRV on this brand is truly awful if you want to do pressurized transfers - blows far too easily. So the two advantages I initially saw completely negated. Sold it recently and replaced it with SSB brewbuckets... two batches in and so far love these things... racking clean beer using gravity doesn't take much longer than the problematic transfers I had from the conical. They also take up much less space and now instead of a big old standup freezer, I have a work table with a couple of fermenter fridges below it giving me so much more room in my brewery.

 

[brewstergalVT]

Bottle tree. Even long ago when I bottled everything I barely used it. Luckily found someone who loves the thing!

Grain that comes in a paper sack, Briess specifically. I bought a sack of Briess and though I closed it the grain got soggy. Never had this problem with other grain that comes in plastic sacks. Never again. Doing plenty of experiments: toasting grain, smoking grain but that's getting old. I'm too cheap to throw it into the compost.

 

[Kharnynb]

I haven't had enough money since i started brewing(blame buying a "new" old house and car) to have bought anything i didn't "need".

I regret buying a house with 1980's electrical system added to a 1950's electrical system.....

 

[alexnova]

Party Pig. I should've just jumped from 1L bottles straight to kegs.

 

[augiedoggy]

Yep - pretty much describes my experience with the V-Vessel fermenters which were essentially the same thing. I gave mine away for free with a warning.

same here with the v vessel... used it once. for someone who doesnt know what they are missing I guess its nice compared to a bucket.

 

[augiedoggy]

Wow, I'm the exact opposite of most of you.

I bought 20 gallon kettles to do 10 gallon batches. Now, I wish I had bought 30 gallon kettles to do 20 gallon batches.

I've been kegging everything for years. I really miss the grab and go convenience of bottles. I hate taking growlers to events. I'd rather just grab a some bottles out of the fridge and go.

If anyone want's to part with their beer gun let me know.

The beer guns are only $40 now you know... same exact one blichmann sells.
I rarely use mine but I dont regret the purchase. keep saying im going to bottle six packs as Christmas gifts but it never seems to happen. which leads me to the purchase of blank white cardboard six pack carriers and 5 wooden crates of flip top bottles I thought were a great deal on craigslist but just seem to take up space in the brewery.

 

[dyqik]

Tap-a-draft - it started leaking on the second batch, dispensing a third of a batch of beer all over the fridge.

A cheap pH meter. Pointless waste of time and money.

 

[GHBWNY]

I wish I hadn't bought the number of extract kits I did in the first couple years and had gone AG sooner. Some turned out pretty good, but between the "Extract 1.020 Curse" and the "extract twang", I ended up with some beers that are way down the preference list.

 

[EDF713]

I bought way too big of a starter kit when I began. It had two cases of empty bottles, a carboy handle, and some other stuff I never use. Speaking of bottles, I don't know how brewshops sell them, I have more bottles than I'll ever use.

I also bought two half barrel sanke kegs on CL, made one a keggle and the other just takes up space. If I had it to do over I would have just bought a decent 10-15 gal kettle and not converted a keg.