Noobs Pointless Post #4.

[FifteenTen]

Today, my wife told me that if I buy her a stand up freezer, I can do what I want with the chest freezer. I'd have taken her right there but we were in a restaurant.

For those of you who don't see the golden nuance: I get to spend money on HER thereby collecting the points for spending money on HER...AND I get a chest freezer. Its like buying lingerie. I’m going to subscribe to Consumer Reports tonight, let the buying begin.

I wonder how long it will be before I see lingerie when I tell her I need kegs, CO2 tank, CO2, a regulator, two taps, a Johnson Control and, if I’m on the no expense spared list, a solar array, inverter, several batteries...and well...wort chiller, 9 gallon pot, 10" propane burner, mash tun, hot liquor tank, Tig welder with helmet, gloves and electrodes, angle iron, industrial casters, black paint, food grade pumps, tubbing, various gauge wire, switches....crap my glass is empty....and I have a freezer to buy...I’ll check you guys (and the ever so lovely Yopper) later...

 

[Shonuff]

Be right back spending $25,000 for all the stuff you just listed

 

[jr14]

If you rattle off that list, you won't see lingerie for a year. You won't see ****ies for two and "the thing you want most" for three.

Be happy you got a chest freezer.

 

[beaksnbeer]

Today, my wife told me that if I buy her a stand up freezer, I can do what I want with the chest freezer. I'd have taken her right there but we were in a restaurant.

For those of you who don't see the golden nuance: I get to spend money on HER thereby collecting the points for spending money on HER...AND I get a chest freezer. Its like buying lingerie. I’m going to subscribe to Consumer Reports tonight, let the buying begin.

I wonder how long it will be before I see lingerie when I tell her I need kegs, CO2 tank, CO2, a regulator, two taps, a Johnson Control and, if I’m on the no expense spared list, a solar array, inverter, several batteries...and well...wort chiller, 9 gallon pot, 10" propane burner, mash tun, hot liquor tank, Tig welder with helmet, gloves and electrodes, angle iron, industrial casters, black paint, food grade pumps, tubbing, various gauge wire, switches....crap my glass is empty....and I have a freezer to buy...I’ll check you guys (and the ever so lovely Yopper) later...

Dude you need to set a list of what you want and what you really need. The top of the line "best" equipment will not make better beer my god get a grip know people who make great beer in food grade buckets from food stores with frozen water bottles to maintain temp, heat their wert with water heater elements/ and controls, gravity feed (no pumps) on a 2x4 table WTF I laugh my A$$ off the lengths that some of you go to out do others 55gallon fermenters = 4< batches a year...............my.02

 

[ozzy1038]

^ He was obviously having fun with his post. Lighten up a little. My .02

 

[Spintab]

Yeah I agree with ozzy1038, take it easy on the guy. He just won the proverbial lottery that his wife freely let him have the chest freezer. I'd be giddy too. Plus he's planning ahead. I try to subtly hint to people while I'm grinding grain in my LHBS, that they should just buy what they want rather than working up to it. Otherwise you end up with the equivalent of four rigs worth of crap before settling on the end result. You ultimately save money in the long run by buying the good stuff right off.

On the other hand, you do miss out on the gratitude of owning a chest freezer after having spent several months changing ice packs out in a swamp bath , or kegging after bottling 1000 beers. I get tired just thinking about bottling and I'm yet to win the kegging system battle with SWMBO.

 

[Tizzomes]

I gotta say this is a great site for ideas, help and motivation to brew better beer. It's the tool bag haters that ruin it, chill out positive feed back is what people need.

 

[bottlebomber]

check you guys (and the ever so lovely Yopper) later...

Hilarious post... lol. Yep isn't Yopper the best

 

[h22lude]

Dude you need to set a list of what you want and what you really need. The top of the line "best" equipment will not make better beer my god get a grip know people who make great beer in food grade buckets from food stores with frozen water bottles to maintain temp, heat their wert with water heater elements/ and controls, gravity feed (no pumps) on a 2x4 table WTF I laugh my A$$ off the lengths that some of you go to out do others 55gallon fermenters = 4< batches a year...............my.02

He was obviously just playing around with the fact that his wife basically gave him to ok to start kegging his home made beer. I don't think he was going out today and buying all that stuff.

I don't know about you but one of the more rewarding parts of this hobby (besides obviously drinking your own beer) is to create equipment. I'm not trying to out do anyone on here by building an automated HERMS system using Blichmann pots, all the best propane burners with controllers and a computer driven system. The fact that I built it all myself is what rewarding. (I don't have that system, just using it for argument sack). Some people just like brewing with the least amount of stuff as possible. That works for them. Some like having the best and that works for those people. No one is saying one is better than the other.

55 gallons? If someone has a 55 gallon fermenter, they are most likely not brewing just for home use so the 200 gallon limit doesn't apply to them. And if someone can ferment 55 gallons at one time, more power to them lol

 

[bottlebomber]

I mash in a DIY cooler, and then I drain the first and second runnings into a 7.5 gallon bucket that I have to pour into the brew kettle after I empty it of sparge water and makin some dang good beer doing it!

 

[Spintab]

+1 to making your own stuff. My freezer thermostat is Arduino controlled and also regulates my diy HLT(bottling bucket w/ heating element shoved in the side) temps. The hand control for the thermostat also controls my telescope, which is also Arduino controlled) and uses the analog stick from a PS2 controller. I wouldn't have it any other way. I'll be damned if I ever own my own micro brewery and at least half of it wasn't welded, sawed, programmed, machined, fitted, hammered, glued, bolted, etc with my own two hands.

Not everyone can do that though. Some people aren't as mechanically inclined as others, and have to buy stuff made by people that are. That doesn't mean they can't make good beer. Kinda like the "anyone can cook" line from Ratatouille. Anyone can brew.

 

[birvine]

Dude you need to set a list of what you want and what you really need. The top of the line "best" equipment will not make better beer my god get a grip know people who make great beer in food grade buckets from food stores with frozen water bottles to maintain temp, heat their wert with water heater elements/ and controls, gravity feed (no pumps) on a 2x4 table WTF I laugh my A$$ off the lengths that some of you go to out do others 55gallon fermenters = 4< batches a year...............my.02

I clicked on the thumbs down on this one. I enjoyed the OP's excitement then frowned at this comment.

Just my two cents.

B

 

[certaut]

the brewer makes the beer,,,, not the equipment

 

[bottlebomber]

I clicked on the thumbs down on this one. I enjoyed the OP's excitement then frowned at this comment.

Just my two cents.

B

It was pretty d0uchy...

 

[shelly_belly]

The best and most versatile piece of equipment in my brewery? My chest freezer.

Congratulations!

 

[bottlebomber]

The best and most versatile piece of equipment in my brewery? My chest freezer.

Congratulations!

Just out of curiosity, what can you do with it, other than ferment cool and lager?

 

[shelly_belly]

Just out of curiosity, what can you do with it, other than ferment cool and lager?

Fermentation control, lager, cold crash and serve from. I'm also about to malt some barley using the chest freezer to control temperatures. In the future it may hold glycol to cool a conical. I'm just saying, most of the equipment I have performs one task. My chest freezer performs several, a true multi-tasker.

 

[bottlebomber]

I'm also about to malt some barley using the chest freezer to control temperatures.

Interesting... did you grow it? We have a guy in our homebrew club that's going to try an all homegrown ale

 

[shelly_belly]

I don't think barley does well in Alabama. I bought it from a barley grower member on here...

http://iam.homebrewtalk.com/fifelee

 

[Spintab]

the brewer makes the beer,,,, not the equipment

Indeed, but it does help a brewer brew easier and something to have confidence in. I love my brewing gear, dearly, and enjoy working together

I don't think barley does well in Alabama. I bought it from a barley grower member on here...

Hops take care here too. The heat makes them really thirsty.