What came in the mail for you today?

[seanjwalker1]

Got a message this AM from FedEx that my Morebeer order would be delivered “by end of day.” By 7PM there was no sign of a delivery, and the tracking report had been changed to “no delivery time scheduled”. About 7:45 I get a call from the FedEx driver. He‘s trying to find our farm. I give him directions and, about 30 min ago he drops my malt, flaked grains, and yeast on the front porch. I guess they give fast service, no matter how long it takes.View attachment 718374

Which we had dedicated delivery folks like that. Here, it's a crap shoot. Found my package today on the side of the garage darn near buried under the snow, no knock no ring just ditched my new perlicks in the snow !!!

 

[seanjwalker1]

My new Perlick 650SS Flow control taps!!! Yippeeeeeeee!!!! Toys!!!!!

 

[firerat]

-70lbs of various grains to get the pipe line established
-2lbs of various hops
-storage containers for grains
-CO2 regulator since I aparently murdered my old one

 

[TBC]

Surprise beer box from @yoop89. They arrived ice cold! Can’t wait to try them all, especially the homebrews. Thanks again @yoop89

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Found my package today on the side of the garage darn near buried under the snow, no knock no ring just ditched my new perlicks in the snow !!!

At least it was hardware and not yeast...

 

[Toxxyc]

Today I got some Kentucky bourbon barrel chips, a tophat grommet, a new hop bag (mine refuses to get back to white) and also a bottle of Still Spirits Top Shelf Jamaican Rum flavouring/syrup/stuff. Yes, I'm cheating. Sue me

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I ordered these at a great sale price, and the mail carrier delivered to the front door even as it is snowing... my lucky day.

 

[Jhedrick83]

My new BIAB bag and the heat resistant gloves. Now I'm researching grain mills. Slippery slope indeed....

 

[fourfarthing]

Some @Dgallo beers. I only get to drink two of em.

 

[Electric Brewer]

Some apparently cheap cornys and the ss brewtech brew bucket chilling and heating add-on.

 

[fourfarthing]

The second worst commercial beer I have ever had.

Make up. Much better

 

[fourfarthing]

The second worst commercial beer I have ever had.

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Make up. Much better

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Wrong thread

 

[Surly]

I wanted to try out some brewing gloves. To get free shipping I socked up on supplies I go through regularly.
I will brew a 12 gallon batch and keg five. I then bottle the rest using carb tabs right from my conical.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Chill Passion and Bev Rite SS shanks so I can finally hook up my Perlicks! And a Mr Brew mini CO2 regulator for the 3 gallon keg to transport to get togethers in the summer.

 

[NewJersey]

Getting ready for my spike solo delivery!

 

[day_trippr]

Restocking some oldies but still wonderful goodies.
Took almost 10 days for Fedex to get their poopy together to deliver them though. Bad Fedex! Bad BAD Fedex!

 

[Novacor]

Not in the mail, but I did get my birthday present from my father in law today.

 

[camonick]

Restocking some oldies but still wonderful goodies.
Took almost 10 days for Fedex to get their poopy together to deliver them though. Bad Fedex! Bad BAD Fedex!

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FedEx sucks big time where I live and in general from my experiences. Not brewing related, but I’ve been waiting over a week for an order that originated in Omaha, NE which is just under 400 miles east of my house. It was stuck “in transit” all week and now it’s in Nashville which is an additional 600 miles farther southeast!! Must be taking the scenic route.

 

[seanjwalker1]

FedEx sucks big time where I live and in general from my experiences. Not brewing related, but I’ve been waiting over a week for an order that originated in Omaha, NE which is just under 400 miles east of my house. It was stuck “in transit” all week and now it’s in Nashville which is an additional 600 miles farther southeast!! Must be taking the scenic route.

you're not alone. And I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one getting scr@ed! So I know it's not a conspiracy against me!!

 

[Apple_Jacker]

My Inkbird temperature controller and heating mat came last night.

 

[BrewZer]

Two real, climbing-grade carabiners. To hold my grain bag (which isn't here yet) on the pulley system (which isn't here yet, either) over my new 40-quart stainless pot (which also isn't here yet).

 

[DuncB]

Oxygen regulator so I can use the oxygen cylinder I bought a couple of weeks ago. I'd Tried to go down the changing the stem to an oxygen cylinder stem on my spare CO2 regulator but with my eyeballs nearly popping out the CO2 stem wasn't coming off. So the two brews had to be shaken for oxygenation. Now I'm sorted so can I brew this weekend to test it out?

 

[Elric]

Two real, climbing-grade carabiners. To hold my grain bag (which isn't here yet) on the pulley system (which isn't here yet, either) over my new 40-quart stainless pot (which also isn't here yet).

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Gotta start somewhere though, right?

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Carrying handles and spring-loaded latches for the fermentation chamber I'm building; 48 BeerSaver rubber caps to keep the dust and wild yeasts out of my cleaned and sanitized bottles instead of tin foil; and two ball-lock carbonation caps with a few million spare o-rings by the look of it.

Very close to finishing the fermentation chamber. Detailed build documented in DYI fermentation chamber for anyone interested.

 

[Toxxyc]

So let me get this straight - you clean and sanitize the bottles and then you cap them, ready to be filled whenever? Awesome. What sanitizer do you use?

 

[bruce_the_loon]

So let me get this straight - you clean and sanitize the bottles and then you cap them, ready to be filled whenever? Awesome. What sanitizer do you use?

Some clone of StarSan called Acidisan I got from BrewMart. Phosphoric acid-based and with a foaming agent in it.

It's pour beer, wash bottle, rinse with sanitizer, cap with tin foil (and now these things), then stack. When bottling, it's a re-rinse with sanitizer and cap while waiting to bottle. The house is in a dusty environment and bottles left for too long get a sediment layer.

The logic behind the sanitizing after washing out the dregs is to reduce the risk of something growing while in storage. Had a couple of nasty green things before that took nuclear weapons to kill.

 

[Toxxyc]

You're in Ggeberha, I just saw. That's pretty cool. Would you please link me to those caps?

I used to sanitize with a Mangrova Jack's no-rinse sanitizer, which is more of a cleaner, and did the same with my swingtops. Needless to say a few weeks later those bottles were mouldy as hell on the inside. I've also since switched to an acid-based sanitizer. I cut that with phosphoric acid and dilute it waaaay down and it works wonders.

PS the PE new name thing was a joke, by the way

 

[jdauria]

Got a Tilt Hydrometer in the mail yesterday. Now I need to brew something to check it out!

 

[bruce_the_loon]

The caps I bought were from Amazon, did that because I was buying the other items at the same time. https://www.amazon.com/Uspeedy-Silicone-Stopper-Brewing-Kitchen/dp/B088YF5TJ8/

Also available from AliExpress on slow-boat-from-China in packs of six. beer saver - Buy beer saver with free shipping on AliExpress

 

[Toxxyc]

Yeah I was hoping for a local option. Bummer.