What came in the mail for you today?

[Skeeter686]

This put my undies in a bunch Amazon. View attachment 868744View attachment 868745

These are for different pressures and you ordered two of the same or something?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

These are for different pressures and you ordered two of the same or something?

Yes different pressure 15 and 10 for keg-menting under pressure. Well, 2 flat side means they won’t hold any pressure.

 

[doug293cz]

Yes different pressure 15 and 10 for keg-menting under pressure. Well, 2 flat side means they won’t hold any pressure.

The seal is made by the small "O" ring at the base of the stem, not the threaded part of the body. Should work just fine.

Brew on

 

[MaxStout]

Yes different pressure 15 and 10 for keg-menting under pressure. Well, 2 flat side means they won’t hold any pressure.

They might make nifty keychains.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

The seal is made by the small "O" ring at the base of the stem, not the threaded part of the body. Should work just fine.

Brew on

Thanks I didn’t think about that, and we’ll see if there is enough thread to hold it in place.

 

[Broothru]

Finally the German 2024 hops are arriving. Four ounces each of Spalt Select, Magnum, Tettnang, Perle, and ½ pound of Hallertau Mittelfruh, plus 4 ounces of Czech Saaz, all from Yakima Valley Hops.

AA% are down slightly, but not as bad as 2022 and 2023. Still a few weeks from brewing, so I haven’t opened any yet to check on sensory qualities, but hopes are high.

 

[Skeeter686]

Thanks I didn’t think about that, and we’ll see if there is enough thread to hold it in place.

I'm guessing that it's designed so that the overpressure vents via the flats on the sides. Probably simplifies the design and makes it cheaper to produce.

 

[Broothru]

Six ounces of Lubeski hops Williams brewing. Now just waiting on 10# of Oak Smoked Wheat malt and a break in the weather to brew a Pivo Grodeski.

 

[Deadalus]

Caught a deal on two almost new SS Brewtech minibuckets, arrived yesterday.

 

[shoengine]

Caught a deal on two almost new SS Brewtech minibuckets, arrived yesterday.

There is no such thing as too many fermentors.

 

[Willy]

Caught a deal on two almost new SS Brewtech minibuckets, arrived yesterday.

Added a few SS brew buckets to my fermenter options recently. I really like them. Zen like simplicity and function.

 

[Deadalus]

Added a few SS brew buckets to my fermenter options recently. I really like them. Zen like simplicity and function.

Seems so, in particular these are half-batch size which makes them easily manageable. I am going to modify these by silver soldering a TC port on top. I'll be subbing in a small 6 gallon pot in my 3 vessel lineup as well for doing half batches. It'll be a lot easier to deal with as it subs for a keggle.

 

[shoengine]

Seems so, in particular these are half-batch size which makes them easily manageable. I am going to modify these by silver soldering a TC port on top. I'll be subbing in a small 6 gallon pot in my 3 vessel lineup as well for doing half batches. It'll be a lot easier to deal with as it subs for a keggle.

1.5" or 3"?

 

[Deadalus]

1.5" or 3"?

1.5" I've got the dimpling/pull through tool from Brewhardware. I could do 2" but most of my accessories are 1.5". I just want to be able to dry hop without O2 and to feed back a return line for gravity/CO2 transfer. Also need to put a blowoff tube on it, so just need to put a valve on first. Thermowell is going in the pre-existing hole. It's funny, I have one already and just wanted one more but I was thinking exactly what your wrote!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Half dozen 4 pack Whale pod shippers.

 

[Knightshade]

25 lb bag of mal....wait, never mind. That's a 25 lb bag of kidney function dog food, not malt.

 

[lumpher]

Restocking kits I got very cheap. 2 Hop Blondes... 1 extract and 1 ag... and 1 Ron Mexico Pale Ale

 

[shoengine]

More stuff for my panel from Auber. Just a few last components and I can start building!

 

[Chorgey]

A Marzen kit from @Bobby_M at Brew Hardware

Cheers!

 

[Cameronl]

Received a 40W heat wrap for my fermenter from Brew Hardware. I had a 20W seedling mat that I wrapped around my 7.5 gallon Brew Bucket, but it wasn't up for the task in my cold basement (maybe I should switch to brewing pilsners in the winter). Hopefully double the wattage will do the trick (I also wrap the bucket in reflective insulation).
Also got a bunch of grain and hops for my next few brews (a couple batches of bitters and a stout).

 

[Cameronl]

Received a 40W heat wrap for my fermenter from Brew Hardware. I had a 20W seedling mat that I wrapped around my 7.5 gallon Brew Bucket, but it wasn't up for the task in my cold basement (maybe I should switch to brewing pilsners in the winter). Hopefully double the wattage will do the trick (I also wrap the bucket in reflective insulation).
Also got a bunch of grain and hops for my next few brews (a couple batches of bitters and a stout).

Update: the 40W heat wrap did the trick. It brought 5.5 gallons of tap water from 42F to 67F in a few hours and held it steady overnight.

 

[hilljack13]

Part 1 of 2....main delivery tomorrow for the build

 

[Deadalus]

Update: the 40W heat wrap did the trick. It brought 5.5 gallons of tap water from 42F to 67F in a few hours and held it steady overnight.
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I was going to ask earlier if you had insulation on the top and/or bottom. I made a cozie out of a sleeping pad/camping mat to insulate a carboy. It's stiffer than reflectrix. I made an open cylinder, and two circular pieces for the top and bottom. Then I duct taped the cylinder side seam and the bottom circle to the cylinder. The top free floats. I was attempting to get down to lager temps with a cooling coil installed and I was able to do that. I could also slip in a heating mat as well.

 

[Cameronl]

I was going to ask earlier if you had insulation on the top and/or bottom. I made a cozie out of a sleeping pad/camping mat to insulate a carboy. It's stiffer than reflectrix. I made an open cylinder, and two circular pieces for the top and bottom. Then I duct taped the cylinder side seam and the bottom circle to the cylinder. The top free floats. I was attempting to get down to lager temps with a cooling coil installed and I was able to do that. I could also slip in a heating mat as well.

This was just a quick test. I'll custom cut a top for it. Nothing on the bottom. Heat rises.

 

[Deadalus]

This was just a quick test. I'll custom cut a top for it. Nothing on the bottom. Heat rises.

The ground absorbs heat too. That's actually the purpose of a camp mat, to insulate the body from the ground. Depends on your floor of course, could be heated or in a heated room above another heated room but concrete at or below grade is going to be colder than room temp. It's a big pool of cold underneath.

 

[lumpher]

Got the kit from brewhardware for the football pool. Thanks again, @Bobby_M . It included yeast, of course, but I already put it away.

 

[HM-2]

My renewed passport!

This is more beer relevant than you might think given I'm supposed to be in Finland next month with work. For those who aren't au fait with Nordic and Baltic geography and recent history, Finland like Norway used to have very stringent laws and tax systems around beer but in recent years has relaxed these quite a lot.

Something to do with Tallinn, as a new EU member, being 2 hours on the ferry from Helsinki (e.g., frictionless trade) and booze being like 1/10th of the price in Estonia.

Now though I've spent a fair bit of time in Helsinki over the last decade I don't know the specifics, but my understanding is that they changed some of the tax laws particularly concerning beer brewed on site, which resulted in a massive surge of brewpubs in the city.

Hence Helsinki being something of an unsung hero when it comes to fresh craft beer.

 

[hilljack13]

Part 1 of 2....main delivery tomorrow for the build
Part 2... door broke upon arrival

 

[Cheshire Cat]

10kg of Irish Pale Malt and 1.5kg Naked Oats from the Homebrew Company in Ireland. I used 3.5kg in the making of a Sussex Bitter Clone.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

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Major Bummer! Wonder how that got missed, it appears like something was forced to make those marks.
So sad.