What came in the mail for you today?

[Pennine]

My pin cask arrived from England.
A step closer to cask.
@Pennine it looks good.View attachment 876286

I am very curious to see the set up once you get it done, I guess I didn't ask will you serve with and engine or tap?

 

[DuncB]

Will be using an engine.

 

[jdauria]

Congrats! for All your recent wins.

Thank you!

 

[jdubdvdt]

And today's mail brough more comp goodies. Silver for Leichtbier from Brew Battle in TX and a bronze from same for the Best Beer name category, for the same beer, which was "This beer had a name, but DOGE cut it". The Sugar Skulls are sweet! And two bronze from Spirit of Free Beer in MD for my doppelbock and American blonde.

Were those Reggie Comps with the Sugar Skulls? If so, I am entering next year!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Time to geek out.

 

[shoengine]

That's a fun one!

 

[jdauria]

Were those Reggie Comps with the Sugar Skulls? If so, I am entering next year!

Alamo City Brew Battle in San Antonio, they use BCOEM not Reggie. at least this year. Yeah the skulls are sweet, was pumped to actually get a couple. Now I need a gold one next year!

 

[AZ Maverick]

This.
I didn't really need it, don't know when I'll use it, but I have one now for when I need it...

 

[DuncB]

That's a fun one!

Better than " Water "

Which is a bit dry!

 

[MaxStout]

An order from Amazon: A 3-pack of 50ml plastic graduated cylinders, a couple gas posts to mount on my Brew Bucket lids, gas post disconnects, and some 60ml disposable syringes for squirting finings into the FVs.

 

[Pennine]

The huskless grain showed up, although I see husks, but maybe fewer?

 

[day_trippr]

Redefining "huskless" I'd say

 

[Skeeter686]

The huskless grain showed up, although I see husks, but maybe fewer?

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The husks were removed from the grains, but then shipped in the same bag with them.

 

[MaxStout]

"Did we say 'huskless'? Our bad. We meant 'less husks,' 5% less than in our regular malt!"

 

[doug293cz]

The huskless grain showed up, although I see husks, but maybe fewer?

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To be fair, the supplier description says: "Crafted by removing the majority of husk, fine grit, and flour from milled Synergy Select Pilsen Malt" (emphasis added.)

This product is created by using two screens: a coarse screen to catch the big pieces of husk, and a medium screen to let thru the fines and flour. What's in the bag is what went thru the coarse screen, but stayed on the finer screen.

Brew on

 

[Pennine]

To be fair, the supplier description says: "Crafted by removing the majority of husk, fine grit, and flour from milled Synergy Select Pilsen Malt" (emphasis added.)

This product is created by using two screens: a coarse screen to catch the big pieces of husk, and a medium screen to let thru the fines and flour. What's in the bag is what went thru the coarse screen, but stayed on the finer screen.

Brew on

It definitely seems like the fines are not included. I am surprised to see how big some of the husks that made it through the coarse screen. I am still optimistic it's going to be a nice bread and cracker pilsner malt.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Mascot for my new malt brand.

 

[wepeeler]

I did a thing. Uni 2.0. Definitely a need and not a want

 

[shoengine]

Mascot for my new malt brand.

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Hmm, what does he taste like?

 

[lumpher]

I was supposed to get a brand new corney keg delivered today by UPS, but it's stuck at my local hub due to "foul weather"...note LOCAL hub... not a cloud in the sky.

 

[Brewsmith]

Another musical bit came today

 

[DuncB]

AHH, I see it's a guitar themed mash paddle.
Practical and noteworthy.

 

[doug293cz]

Another musical bit came today
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Came with a pre-cut nut, but no frets? Or, did you just miss getting the first fret in the pic? Fret spacing has to be one of the toughest things to get right on a neck.

Brew on

 

[DuncB]

Came with a pre-cut nut, but no frets? Or, did you just miss getting the first fret in the pic? Fret spacing has to be one of the toughest things to get right on a neck.

Brew on

It's all about the detail, in my case it's the fingering on the neck that is the hardest thing.

 

[Brewsmith]

Came with a pre-cut nut, but no frets? Or, did you just miss getting the first fret in the pic? Fret spacing has to be one of the toughest things to get right on a neck.

Brew on

Just the angle of the pic. It’s got 22 frets. I was trying to show off the flame!

 

[MaxStout]

Not brewing related, but just received this cute little cordless chainsaw. Two batteries, charger, extra bar and chain, oil bottle, tiny pair of gloves, safety glasses, in a nifty carrying case.

Have some tree-trimming to do.

 

[DuncB]

Not brewing related, but just received this cute little cordless chainsaw. Two batteries, charger, extra bar and chain, oil bottle, tiny pair of gloves, safety glasses, in a nifty carrying case.

Have some tree-trimming to do.

Living inside a Klein bottle I expect the trees are quite small, be careful with that gadget, looks too easy.

Many an hour wasted putting fingers back on!

 

[MaxStout]

Living inside a Klein bottle I expect the trees are quite small, be careful with that gadget, looks too easy.

Many an hour wasted putting fingers back on!

It's great for bonsai trees.

 

[lumpher]

A brand new 5g keg, a carb stone with hose, a floating diptube, and a replacement lid for a.damaged 1 for another keg. It was a good day.

 

[MaxStout]

A few goodies from Brew Hardware.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Yesterday I received beer for Father’s Day from my youngest daughter, Leffe and Brewdog. Today I received shoes from my eldest daughter but they are too small, I suspect they are US sizes.

 

[JohnDBrewer]

Happy Father's day to me! Couldn't resist. A $75 knock-off, new from China.

Disassembled last night and cleaned everything. Quality is better than good to excellent. Chrome, not stainless. The flow control guts are such that you need to use the shank provided. I only have 8 taps on my keezer, but 9 kegs fit, so this rounds out the lineup. Might put it on the side of the keezer rather than the front as it protrudes quite a bit and the drip tray for the current 8 wouldn't work. I'll need to work out a solution for that. Plus, it will have a friend someday when/if I ever bite the bullet on a beer engine.

I'll report back.

Update: You definitely have to use the shank provided, regardless if you use the flow control or not. I thought maybe removing the flow control guts would allow me to connect to a standard shank, but the faucet end has an extra little lip, so that end will not attach to a standard shank. The back end will accept a standard fitting. The shank is too short to go all the way through a 2x8 collar and accept the big nut, to hold the faucet in place, and have space for the beer line nut. The shank also seems to big to fit into draft tower, but I'll play around with that another day. I think I'll look for something to extend the shank before I start custom cutting/fitting the back of the keezer collar to get it attached.

Upate#2
Ended up counter sinking the faucet in the front and back of the keezer collar to make the shank work. Couldn't just counter sink one side or the other as you still need to get a wrench on both sides. Plus counter sinking the front makes the whole tap stick out a bit less. The front was counter sunk 1/2 inch and the back a 1/4. Works great. Just need to clean up a bit bit and put more calk pait on the hole and need to get a proppper czech pils brewed and lager it a few months.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Late Father's Day gift! Gonna use for dry-hopping!

 

[Pennine]

Late Father's Day gift! Gonna use for dry-hopping!

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I have a couple of those. I had to get some stainless steel balls to hold it down.

 

[Willy]

Today the package finally arrived!!!

The Case of the Wayward Cold Girl

Recently I queried Google wondering if there was a baseball jersey with some St. Pauli Girl logos, art. Huh? There is one... Cool. So I ordered it in late May and waited for the slow boat from China.

On June 11th - I was told it was delivered which didn't happen. I informed the company... Nope and was told to check with my neighbors and the local USPS. And then told they wanted a confirm letter from the USPS... So, I just canceled the charge at Visa, no big deal ... But then... Last night (June 18) ... The package arrived. So... Gotta call the Visa folks again and restore the charge. Ugh.

Good news - nice shirt. Big logo on the back too. Sweet.

 

[HM-2]

Hops!

100g Simcoe Cryo from Yakima Chief
100g Simcoe T90
100g Sorachi Ace T90

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Today the package finally arrived!!!

The Case of the Wayward Cold Girl

Recently I queried Google wondering if there was a baseball jersey with some St. Pauli Girl logos, art. Huh? There is one... Cool. So I ordered it in late May and waited for the slow boat from China.

On June 11th - I was told it was delivered which didn't happen. I informed the company... Nope and was told to check with my neighbors and the local USPS. And then told they wanted a confirm letter from the USPS... So, I just canceled the charge at Visa, no big deal ... But then... Last night (June 18) ... The package arrived. So... Gotta call the Visa folks again and restore the charge. Ugh.

Good news - nice shirt. Big logo on the back too. Sweet.

I've noticed that the way the Chinese stores ship is different to Amazon etc. Amazon will ship with a single shipper from source to destination with single tracking. When it leaves the fulfillment center it enters USPS tracking for example and then moves the entire route through USPS. They do this world-wide.

The Chinese stores ship consolidated bulk to the country of destination, then breaks out into other local couriers. Temu for example uses four couriers in South Africa, but two bulk shippers from China to South Africa. If you look at the tracking information, there is a delivery closeout on the bulk shipper when it hands it off to the local courier or postal service. Temu seems to understand this and while reporting it on their tracking, knows it hasn't actually been delivered. Other store brokers like Aliexpress often don't and see it as a delivery. Especially when it is handed off to the postal service and not a courier. Then when you query, the seller probably gets confused and thinks it is delivered.

 

[Willy]

I've noticed that the way the Chinese stores ship is different to Amazon etc. Amazon will ship with a single shipper from source to destination with single tracking. When it leaves the fulfillment center it enters USPS tracking for example and then moves the entire route through USPS. They do this world-wide.

The Chinese stores ship consolidated bulk to the country of destination, then breaks out into other local couriers. Temu for example uses four couriers in South Africa, but two bulk shippers from China to South Africa. If you look at the tracking information, there is a delivery closeout on the bulk shipper when it hands it off to the local courier or postal service. Temu seems to understand this and while reporting it on their tracking, knows it hasn't actually been delivered. Other store brokers like Aliexpress often don't and see it as a delivery. Especially when it is handed off to the postal service and not a courier. Then when you query, the seller probably gets confused and thinks it is delivered.

I was even given a link for tracking... saying it was delivered on 6/11 (just rec'd last evening, 6/18). Reversed my dispute and I am aok - but lame service.

 

[MaxStout]

I was even given a link for tracking... saying it was delivered on 6/11 (just rec'd last evening, 6/18). Reversed my dispute and I am aok - but lame service.

USPS tracking sucks. I'll check the tracking and it will have a few data points, all saying something like, "moving through the system." I'll finally get a package on my porch and USPS will still have the latest status of it being in Maryland 6 days ago.

Still better than DHL. Blecch.

 

[whoaru99]

Killazyme, yeast hulls, Fermaid O, and couple packs of Uvaferm 43.