What came in the mail for you today?

[Cheshire Cat]

7 lb Vienna, 3 lb Pils, Perle, Tettnang. Wonder what I'm brewing soon...
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A stout?

 

[Deadalus]

2# Lubelski hops arrived in the mail today.

Along with this:
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I can see it's TC but what kind if valve is that and what is it for?

 

[Beekeeper]

2 inch TC Diaphragm valve, for liquid, bottom of my conical.

 

[jwill911]

Xmas in July. Received my order from Brewhardware today! I was not happy UPS just left it on the front walkway, didn’t ring the doorbell. At least nobody ran off with it. I’ve got some unpacking to do

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Little did I know that a win at NHC would include a prize other than the “metal”. I put the gift certificate toward this.

 

[TexasTea]

Have you tried any of the neomexicanus varieties? I live near the border with Oklahoma and have some Cascade I basically ignore and get a small harvest off of it.

Yes, I bought 1 plant of neo mexicanus last year and it never made it. Only 1 of the cascades I bought last year made it. See photo. I have yet to plant the ones I bought this year. Will get that done this week and let them grow through the rest of the summer and fall. If they don't take I'm done trying to grow hops. I'll harvest the little hops off the one plant and wet hop it in the next batch.

 

[Rish]

2 x 10# bags of short grain sweet rice. I really liked the results of this rice in my last Chinese rice wine. No place I've found to buy near me since I moved so decided to stock up online. Tempted to try one big a$$ batch but will probably stick with 5# at a time.

 

[Deadalus]

Some Yakima Valley goods. The NZ hops were on sale!

 

[Willy]

Over the weekend I got this Stainless steel bad boy - a 10 gallon torpedo megamouth with a 1 1/2" triclamp on the lid (hop bong, prv, CIP cleaning etc. thanks @Bobby_M at BrewHardware.com). Going to use it soon to brew a German Pilsner in the ferm chamber. It's tight, but it fits fine. It can also be just as a monster sized corny keg as it also fits inside the keezer. Gonna get used a lot.

 

[elproducto]

Not mail, but reupped my base malts.

 

[Pennine]

Amazingly this came installed so I didn't have to suffer getting a 3mm line onto the 1/4 barb! Time to put away the heat gun. Thanks @Bobby_M! Looking forward to testing this out and finishing up the kegerator if this works well.

 

[Broken Crow]

First to fellow Canadians;
I bookmarked this as a potential 'next kettle' over a year ago but now, sadly, Goldsteam Homebrewing is going out of business.
https://goldsteam.com/ Visit and see if you can help him clear out his stock.
I've only had a handful of orders with them because they are in BC on the other side of the country, but the service has been the best I've had....even called me once because based on my order the guy knew I hadn't read the description on some on sale parts.
It's been a while since I bought a decent box for my cat so I finally got him a new one.

The 'packaging material' for the box included my new 'compromise kettle';

and the included trappings;

..really nice looking thermometer...shame I'm not gonna install it..
I call it my 'compromise kettle' because I can't afford my 'ideal' and these are my compromises: TC cavity for the heating element, welded port for a thermometer that I won't install because it'll only rip up a brew-bag, 201 SS rather than 304 but since it'll never see flame and be on it's own stand and not handled much that's OK.
I'll be fitting a 1.5" TC port up near the rim for a steam condenser but not sure wether that'll be a weldless bulkehead or welded yet. Now it's time to place a long planned order with Bobby and get these:
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/plugwl12.htm ..gonna see if I can use a screwdriver and install it on the inside of the kettle...it does have a slot so what the heck.
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/diptube_edge.htm
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/hexnippremiumloose12.htm
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/biabbottom17.htm
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/biab18.htm
https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/etc4wl.htm (I already have one but don't want to take it away from my RIMS tube and since I'm in Canada and shipping is annoying, I'd rather have a spare in the long run.)

 

[Pennine]

I can finish up the kegerator this weekend. Thanks @Bobby_M

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

20# organic 2 row, 20# organic red wheat, some crystal malts and a small sack of bread flour from Valley Malt. Now I need time to brew!

 

[kurds_2408]

BrewBuilt X3 and glycol chiller showed up Thursday. A birthday present from my wife. Very excited for my first conical!!!

 

[TexasTea]

2500 ft of sisal (biodegradeable) twine for hops to grow up.

 

[TexasTea]

6 gamma buckets for malt and such.

 

[Halfakneecap]

Dry WLP001 x 3. Hope to try it soon

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Yesterday
3kg Golden Promise
3kg Pilsner Malt
1kg Wheat Malt
100g East Kent Golding
2 packs of M29 French Saison yeast.

Brewing a 15 litres of Saison this morning.

 

[TexasTea]

Caps and a backup hydrometer from Ritebrew ( those guys ship quick) and Root Slayer Shovel for the hop yard

 

[Rish]

Label Peelers is doing a 40% off sale so I got kit to brew a stout that will be the base for my next Mexican Cake brew. I'll add wheat dme for body and abv, cocoa powder, lactose, cinnamon tincture, habanero tincture and vanilla extract. It'll be my first brew in the new house.

 

[Willy]

Decided it was time to step up to RO water. Install tomorrow - excited for the first RO'd batch of clean water. Another happy buckeye hydro dude.

 

[DuncB]

2500 ft of sisal (biodegradeable) twine for hops to grow up.
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That's about 2475 feet too much for me!
You'll need oxygen to pick the top hops!

 

[MaxStout]

An 8oz pouch of PGA to try for enhancing foam retention.