What came in the mail for you today?

[Newsman]

Got my 6.5 gallon plastic BMB yesterday

 

[poptarts]

Got my 6.5 gallon plastic BMB yesterday

DIY BMB

 

[Newsman]

DIY BMB

So, is that safe to ferment in? How much will it hold???

 

[Hello]

Got my 6.5 gallon plastic BMB yesterday

Me too and it is glorious! I'm making my first IPA this weekend and will ferment in that.

 

[fearwig]

So, is that safe to ferment in? How much will it hold???

Ha! Well, it's food safe, the yeast aren't going to do anything to it the cheez balls didn't. It might be PET.

Of course, you could just get a bucket, but if you insist on a living lava lamp...

 

[plath]

Two brewing catalogs: Midwest and northern brewer. Good reading for later!


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[masonsjax]

Rear brake pads for my car and a project box for my STC-1000 build.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

My new snifters came in today

 

[erick0619]

Got these bad boys in today can not wait to break them in 44 qt bayou kettle and a bayou floor burner

 

[scottyb710]

Got stuff to do a light ale and a orange ipa.

 

[icebob]

all shiny blichmann 10 gallons kettle!

 

[icebob]

Two brewing catalogs: Midwest and northern brewer. Good reading for later!


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Got the same today!

 

[NateLTB]

MY second bronze metal for the shipwrecked saison that I brewed off this site. Here they both are. Thanks to LoloMT7 for all his advice :rockin:

Congrats Finsfan! Very cool!

 

[jmtonkin]

This came in the mail! And by that, I mean my site-to-store with Walmart came in!



I'm ready for some full-boils and no kitchen mess to worry about!


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[n240sxguy]

That's similar to the kit I started out with. Go ahead and get some FermCap; you will have slight boil overs if you aren't super careful without it. Mine is now my HLT, with a keggle to boil in.


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[jmtonkin]

That's similar to the kit I started out with. Go ahead and get some FermCap; you will have slight boil overs if you aren't super careful without it. Mine is now my HLT, with a keggle to boil in.

I'm planning on doing some 2.5-3 gallon BIAB batches to get my feet wet! But yes, I've heard great things about fermcaps!



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[jmtonkin]

Also, I just ordered a digital kitchen scale! Pretty excited for that! It should be here on Friday, just in time for bottling day!


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[Hello]

My new snifters came in today
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Where from? I like.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Where from? I like.

My buddies website, thebrewheads.com

 

[Hello]

My buddies website, thebrewheads.com

Suddenly I feel like I asked and you answered this before. I may be slightly dumb.

 

[n240sxguy]

I'm planning on doing some 2.5-3 gallon BIAB batches to get my feet wet! But yes, I've heard great things about fermcaps!



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Don't be afraid to do full 5 gallon batches in it. A close eye and fermcap and you'll be fine. Otherwise a close eye and a little cleaning and you'll be fine. Either way, you're making beer! Woo hoo! You can boil a smaller batch as hard as you want, and it would probably just barely reach the top. Is your pot aluminum or stainless? If it's aluminum make sure you boil water in it before you use it. That will anodize it.


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[jmtonkin]

Don't be afraid to do full 5 gallon batches in it. A close eye and fermcap and you'll be fine. Otherwise a close eye and a little cleaning and you'll be fine. Either way, you're making beer! Woo hoo! You can boil a smaller batch as hard as you want, and it would probably just barely reach the top. Is your pot aluminum or stainless? If it's aluminum make sure you boil water in it before you use it. That will anodize it.

Good to know! I'm really torn on the whole 5 gallon issue. I've heard such mixed advice on if I could do 5 gallons in a 29qt. pot. My main reason for doing smaller batches is that I can brew more often, and try new things, however. Once I find one that I love, I will probably start with the 5 gallon batches again. I just want to brew as much as I can, without spending a million dollars! The way I see it, the more often I brew, the more I will learn, and this way, I can brew two batches for the price of one!

It is aluminum, so I will definitely have to boil in it first. Thanks for the heads-up on that one!



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[n240sxguy]

My perspective on the 5 gallon issue was that I could drink all of that by the time the next batch was brewed, fermented, and bottle conditioned. My wife doesn't like the time I spend on brewing usually, so I upped it to 10 gallon batches. If I could boil 15, that would be my next step. My fermented could handle it, but my keggle won't.


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[CrystalShip]

My buddy sent me a zombie dust, gumballhead, daisy cutter, and a bunch of homebrew. What good pal


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[finsfan]

PH meter, gypsum, calcium chloride, and calcium carbonate.

 

[Zepth]

Had a quite productive mail retrieval today. Another large stockpot, since stovetop with one stockpot and a mashup of whatever clean kitchen pots I had at the moment wasn't a very great method. Also with the success of my yeast harvesting experiment* I invested in a stirplate. Also a semi-soft sample cylinder because my rigid one died, a pound of hops (first time bulk buying), carboy thermometer since I was in the neighborhood. And, since I've heard of a few accidents here and there, a spare stir bar. Just in case.

Now it's off to find a decent flask at a good price. Local university science department apparently has them. Not to sure on their price but there won't be any shipping cost. For the time being, my starters will live in a generic used jar.

* The experiment was if I could personally pull it off, or if it would drive me to the brink of insanity. Turns out insanity was achieved long ago.

 

[johnmac22]

1lb magnum
1lb simcoe
1lb nelson sauvin
1lb citra
2oz ahtanum


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[The542]

New hop/trub filter

 

[BrewinHooligan]

The new speiglau/left hand stout glass x2

 

[MuddyCreek]

For me, 2 cornies and my false bottom from Jay. Gonna be a good weekend!