Most helpful item in your brewery

[The Happy Mug]

Wow, the response to this thread is better than I anticipated when I started it. Cheers to all!

Of course, I'd like to add something else I find handy. Two large plastic tubs - one to fill with cleaner, the other sanitizer. It makes bottling a snap, since I can do 16 of my 22 ouncers at a time, and just let them soak. They're big enough for my party pig to fit inside, and just big enough for a carboy or bottle bucket to fit in (when I want that good soak).

Of course, I used to have a hard time dealing with these without making a huge water mess. Then, I started siphoning them into the sink. Duh.

Edit: The lids for these containers, when sanitized, work really well for covering my bottling bucket during tranfer to bottling. Call it a safety measure.

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Of course, I used to have a hard time dealing with these without making a huge water mess. Then, I started siphoning them into the sink. Duh.

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I hadn't thought of that, that's a good idea!

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

have u checked www.northernbrewer.com or www.morebeer.com? i think temp strips go lower????

 

[SWMBO]

have u checked www.northernbrewer.com or www.morebeer.com? i think temp strips go lower????

Thanks for the tip; I found what I was looking for! I hadn't actually looked online yet.

 

[DeRoux's Broux]

no problem. that's what we're here for!

 

[big-o-2]

I can say that I agree with everyone on every little trick. But I have one that I love, I just started all grain brewing. I took a trick from my metal finishing days on filtering sediment out of acid, Polyester Batting Material from Wal-Mart works wonders for filtering anything. I use about a 12" x 12" square wrap it around the mesh filter on the mash tun tie it off with poly twine and you can filter about 99% of the particals out of your mash. It has helped me alot in making more good looking crystal clear beer, alot less sediment in primary.

And look below I hate playing catch-up, the wait kills.