What came in the mail for you today?

[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.

 

[TexasTea]

Big silicone gasket for the rim of a Vevor 8 gallon SS fermentor lid

 

[BongoYodeler]

Special delivery from back east.

 

[BrewMan13]

A bag of Sugar Creek Stjordal Authentic Nordic Smoked Pale Malt. Me and another club member were interested, so figured might as well just get a full bag. Super expensive but really wanted to try it out.

 

[day_trippr]

FedEx delivered some goodies from YVH

And another sticker for my fridges!

Cheers!

 

[elproducto]

FedEx delivered some goodies from YVH

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And another sticker for my fridges!

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Cheers!

Amarillo! How is it these days?

Used to be one of my favorite hops, especially paired with Simcoe but I found it got a bit underwhelming for a few years.

 

[day_trippr]

The pound I bought from yvh in 2024 was pretty "normal" wrt AA% and character. But Amarillo isn't going to win a 1:1 battle with the likes of Simcoe - or Citra or Mosaic, among other bold character hops...

Cheers!

 

[Broken Crow]

Not a fan of AI:
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I'm right here, 5' from the door and I've been looking out the window every 10 minutes or so...there was no doorbell, no knock and not even the sound of a truck so what's up with this attepted delivery-reciever unavailable nonsense?

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I'm right here...did the driver even go to the right house? XXXXXXXXve?

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I'm right here...did the driver even go to the right house? XXXXXXXXe?

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Is a human available?

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Human

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Human!

Sorry, I didn't catch that.
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I want a permanent solution

For future shipments, we offer Signature Not Required (SNR) services within Canada that authorize drop offs without a signature. 

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Multiple Shipment Use form: https://www.purolator.com/assets/pdf/forms/SNR_multiple.pdf
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Provide an early option to talk to a human instead of undergoing this nonsense while my parcel travels ever further from my home which had no knock or ring of the bell at the door I was 5 feet away from when you claim to have failed to deliver

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When I finally got through to a Human after many futile attempts, it was over an hour later and of course the driver was done for the day...
I got a wrecked schedule for the next week in the mail today.