What beer brewing item do you hoard?

[Hugh_Jass]

Kegs. Although I've sold some recently, I still have nearly 60 left. Someday I'll sell the ones that haven't been used in a while.

 

[bondra76]

kegs

I always say I will brew porters/stouts in summer and then age them until winter, but it never happens

 

[beernbourbon]

Kegs. Although I've sold some recently, I still have nearly 60 left. Someday I'll sell the ones that haven't been used in a while.

Pick me, pick me! [emoji16]

 

[chisena]

Bottles... So many bottles. I just thinned out the collection and recycled four cases.

 

[Takuie]

I don't bottle anymore but I still have over 600 brown bottles.

 

[Scriv]

I have about 600 bottle caps right now, for 84 bombers and 72 12ers.

 

[Hugh_Jass]

Pick me, pick me! [emoji16]

I had the ones I was willing to sell listed in the for sale section. I'll bump the thread when I'm going to sell some more.

 

[Calder]

For me the bug three are yeast, hops and base malts. I have probably 60ish mason jars of yeast and about that many frozen slants. I also have the whole freezer of my stand up kegerator full of hops, I'm not even going to guess how much there is between pellets and back yard hops. I also have an unopened sack of 2 row, another half sack of 2 row and a pretty much full sack of munich.

Snap

Pretty much the same, a fridge full of yeast, 30+ lbs of hops in the freezer, and enough grain to last until 2017.

 

[igotsand]

Hops.
I have a freezer dedicated to hops..
Last time I checked I had 40lbs and numerous 4oz packages..
I brew pretty much ipas so I use 3-4 lbs per batch(15gallon batches)
Yes I have a problem..I keep telling myself its cheaper to buy in bulk!

 

[hifidelity]

Thermometers...I've got 5. I guess I started looking for the "perfect" one when I started with all-grain brewing. I don't think I've found it yet, but all these extras lying around is awfully convenient.

 

[AK7007]

Uh, ingredients. This thread is actually kind of scared me a little at first - looking at my inventory spreadsheet, I've got 17+ pounds of hops on hand, (yet still want more variety) and 200+ lbs of grain. But then I take a deep breath and remember that 10-12 lbs of those hops came from a moving sale, and like 70lbs of specialty malts came from that same moving sale. So, I guess that's what I hoard, but I've been trying to make up for it by brewing gobs of DIPAs that are hopped at 1lb/5gal or more. Now I've blown through basically all the interesting American flavor/aroma hops the guy had (besides Citra, still have like 20oz of that) and need to figure out what to do with a whole bunch of English and softer NZ hops.

 

[jignn]

Bottles but I bottle right now and can have anywhere from 2-4 beers bottled at anytime and that's about 2+ cases per batch plus I always do about 6 bombers per batch so I need a lot of bottles.

 

[GHBWNY]

Probably leftover kit boxes. Pretty sure I'll use them for "something" someday. Yeah.

 

[geejay]

I am just curious what beer brewing items (brewing equipment, ingredients, beer storage equipment) you might be hoarding just not quite ready to give them up.

I hoard corny kegs (have about 50);
CO2 tanks (two 5#, three 20#, 1 50#);
and yeast (about 50 packs, S-04 and Notty)
Oh, and hops (10 pounds Cascade, 10 pounds Columbus)
and malt extract (100 pounds Pale)
and specialty grains (100 pounds assorted)

...and tubing, Oetiker clamps, 1/4" flare fittings, keg o-rings, sodium percarbonate, sodium metasilicate, and beer, of course.

 

[beernbourbon]

......so whatcher sayin is ... You hoard beer stuff.... [emoji12]

 

[Gonefishing]

You guys make me sick.....with jealousy! I'd LOVE to hoard kegs, base malt and some hops, but my current budget just doesn't allow any brewing extras.

 

[slym2none]

You all have hoarding problems.

 

[JonM]

Since I started slanting yeast, I hoard the heck out of yeast. 3 vials each of 3068, 1007, 002, 1028, 1214, and 3711 is about to join the party. I check the bargain bin at the LHBS for expired yeast because, heck, I can put old yeast on a slant and bring it back to life.

This week I got a starter going from a 6-month old slant of 3068. Each step was rocking in less than 24 hours. I pitched it at about 10 this morning and already have quite a bit of activity.

 

[unionrdr]

Actually, I think we all need to do something about our storage problems!

 

[brewbama]

Keg O-rings

 

[Calder]

Actually, I think we all need to do something about our storage problems!

Get more space?

 

[unionrdr]

Or re-think the use of the space we have. Mine's approaching critical mass...I hope when it blows, it takes out this ****** spammer!

 

[Calder]

i hope when it blows, it takes out this ****** spammer!

????????????????? Wtf

 

[Teromous]

After reading all of this I feel like I should be hoarding something.

 

[atoughram]

Grain - I have at least 300 pounds of two row in stock right now.

And at least five pounds of hops..

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

If I'm guilty of hoarding anything related to homebrewing, I have more crimp on crown bottle caps than I know what to do with right now.

 

[unionrdr]

????????????????? Wtf

The spammer with the squares, .com's lols, etc yesterday morning, rather early at that. He hit introductions this morning.

 

[Calder]

The spammer with the squares, .com's lols, etc yesterday morning, rather early at that. He hit introductions this morning.

I didn't see anything in the thread; I thought you were getting at me for my light hearted comment ------- I couldn't undersand why.

 

[grrickar]

Why grain, hops, and yeast of course! At any given time I have 5lbs various hops, a dozen or more yeast packs of different varieties, and 250lbs grain...