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It can take a while. I subscribed 8/30 and my first issue was December, which came in mid-November, 2.5 months after subscribing. 😥

That's funny, as it took less than a day for BYO to start spamming my inbox with promotional crap.

Well, it's only a 1 year sub, then I can let it run out. Just bought the magazine only.
 
That's funny, as it took less than a day for BYO to start spamming my inbox with promotional crap.

Well, it's only a 1 year sub, then I can let it run out. Just bought the magazine only.
Oh I know - the emails begin almost immediately. Hopefully it was just bad timing and your turnaround won't be as long as mine. Good mag, though; I enjoy it.
 
2 broken hydrometers from Cole-Parmer :(

They weren't packaged very well. At all. It might also not be a good time of year to order things that shouldn't be thrown around or have other boxes set on top of them.

Have of course notified them.
 

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Forgot to post yesterday's which was a Spike temp coil for the CF10 and a couple other triclamp doo-dads.

Tonight I just opened up some Chevallier Maris Otter, Special B and some Nottingham yeast so I can make my oak aged Wee Heavy, which won first place in its category just before Covid kicked off. Hoping the competition happens this year so I can enter it again, along with a couple other brews I'm working on.
 
2 broken hydrometers from Cole-Parmer :(

They weren't packaged very well. At all. It might also not be a good time of year to order things that shouldn't be thrown around or have other boxes set on top of them.

Have of course notified them.
Nothing worse than not being able to break your own hydrometers!! (LOL)

No Cheers,
Joel B.
 
Sweet vac chamber sealer. Pulls a fairly high vacuum. Does it have an attachment to evacuate mason jars? My food saver does, but it only pulls about 20" vacuum, which is all but useless.
Unfortunately no it doesn't have an external port, but for sealing jars you can use a brake bleed hand pump to pull more than 20".

We had just burned up our 5th foodsaver type vacuum sealer, and realized by the time we bought a 6th one we could have invested in a chamber type sealer. My first thought was to look for a used commercial unit out of a restaurant but for the money this thing is a beast. I just "marinated" some fresh blackberries in a blackberry brandy along with some oak chips, ~6 months aging in 90 seconds. It's in the sonicator now smoothing out :)
 
Unfortunately no it doesn't have an external port, but for sealing jars you can use a brake bleed hand pump to pull more than 20".

We had just burned up our 5th foodsaver type vacuum sealer, and realized by the time we bought a 6th one we could have invested in a chamber type sealer. My first thought was to look for a used commercial unit out of a restaurant but for the money this thing is a beast. I just "marinated" some fresh blackberries in a blackberry brandy along with some oak chips, ~6 months aging in 90 seconds. It's in the sonicator now smoothing out :)

Good idea about the brake bleed pump.

I buy Avid Armor's rolls of bag material on Amazon. A fraction of the cost of Food Saver brand rolls. Mostly use for pellet hops. I've bagged some specialty grains but the results have been spotty--the ends of grain kernels sometimes pokes through and it loses vacuum.

My FS sealer is still hanging in there. Thought about getting mylar rolls for long-term hops storage, but not sure of the FS will seal it effectively. Anyone had luck with that?
 
Good idea about the brake bleed pump.

I buy Avid Armor's rolls of bag material on Amazon. A fraction of the cost of Food Saver brand rolls. Mostly use for pellet hops. I've bagged some specialty grains but the results have been spotty--the ends of grain kernels sometimes pokes through and it loses vacuum.

My FS sealer is still hanging in there. Thought about getting mylar rolls for long-term hops storage, but not sure of the FS will seal it effectively. Anyone had luck with that?
Buying rolls on amazon is how I came to know Avid Armor brand products. They sell non-embossed bags for chamber sealers that are much thicker than the food saver rolls. So far the only thing I had trouble sealing was a pound of star anise. Those things are pointy. Blew two bags then realized multiple layers might help. They are now sealed in a double bag, fingers crossed.
 
Buying rolls on amazon is how I came to know Avid Armor brand products. They sell non-embossed bags for chamber sealers that are much thicker than the food saver rolls. So far the only thing I had trouble sealing was a pound of star anise. Those things are pointy. Blew two bags then realized multiple layers might help. They are now sealed in a double bag, fingers crossed.

I've thought about getting a roll of those thicker bags, but don't think the FS will do a good job sealing. Your chamber sealer has adjustable seal time, which is nice.

For pointy stuff like grain, I started putting it in paper lunch bags, then seal inside vac seal bag. But I don't do it much. I go through grain, so just keep in ziplocs stored inside gamma buckets.
 
Didn't come in the mail yet but I ordered a 25kg sack of spelt malt yesterday and it's on it way already.
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I only wanted to order about 5 kg to try it in a few NEIPA recipes.
Dam expensive basis malt when you only buy a small amount.
It was working out at around 3.50 to 4 € a Kilo.
So I just bought a whole sack for 38 € which is about 1.50 € a kilo.
I'm sure I'll find some use for it all :p
 
Nothing....Natta! 😠😠😠 My Mark II keg washer, Xmas gift from the wife, was supposed to be here yesterday, then a late notice but look for it Xmas day and nothing....HUFF HUFF. So now it's not coming till sometime next week. I'm gonna demand 20% off...mess with my brewing Christmas gift. But a small measure of comfort to sooth the missing in action keg washer, wife got me this as one of my gifts 😊. British Pub in a box. Merry Christmas !
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Nothing....Natta! 😠😠😠 My Mark II keg washer, Xmas gift from the wife, was supposed to be here yesterday, then a late notice but look for it Xmas day and nothing....HUFF HUFF. So now it's not coming till sometime next week. I'm gonna demand 20% off...mess with my brewing Christmas gift. But a small measure of comfort to sooth the missing in action keg washer, wife got me this as one of my gifts 😊. British Pub in a box. Merry Christmas !View attachment 753405View attachment 753406View attachment 753407
Your gonna enjoy those. I love Taddy Porter but all three are great beers.
 
Yeah I saw it in the store and told my wife I wanted it. I spent a year in England 11 years ago and drank tons of these beers and Fullers ESB

From those 've actually only had the Fullers ESB.
I lived in England for 4 years (1 London 3 Yorkshire) in my early 20s and mostly only drunk Stella.
Shame on me :confused::rolleyes:
I did by default have a lot of Fullers London Pride though as it was the main tap beer in the pub around the corner from the university where I was working. :D
 
I've actually only had the Fullers.
I lived in England for 4 years in my early 20s and mostly only drunk Stella.
Shame on me :confused::rolleyes:
You for sure missed out on alot of great British beers. Fullers was my go to beer there, Sam Smith, Speckled Hen , Theakstons old ale and quite a few local beers in and around Gloucester/Gloucestershire
 
I loved mine until I ended up with an SS brand cheap. One thing I did to the Marks II is add a stainless CIP ball instead of the plastic post it comes with. Upped its cleaning game.
What size CIP did you get ? Will a 1/2 NPT do the trick ? Thank you for the tip !! No pun intended 😂
 
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