What came in the mail for you today?

[Cameronl]

What came in the mail? WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL?!? NOTHING!

After a quick trip from Central NY, my package of various camlock connectors and ball valves has been sitting in NJ for almost a week now! I'm just two hours up the road in CT!

Priority Mail, my Aunt Fanny.

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The package finally arrived and GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY it was worth the wait!
Guy on Offer Up had three ball valves and some camlock connectors for $20 (plus shipping). Ad said "I've got more. Let me know what you need." I mentioned a couple more camlocks and he said he had them. I said how much, he said, "Still $20"
Here's the pic from the ad:

A box arrived today much larger than I expected. Here's what he sent:

Sweet buttermilk biscuits! Every connector I need and then some.
David, if by any chance you're here on HBTalk... Thank you. I owe you a cold one... or three.

 

[Beerstein]

got my yeasties in today. doing my first ever saison in a few weekends

 

[BrewZer]

Not mail, but Amazon: giant French whisk for the BIAB mash, as recommended in this thread.

 

[THE MALTED YARDIE]

i got my new beer freezer in. i moved the old one around, and now suddenly im thinking of keeping both

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Wow, what size is that?

 

[user 298779]

RO system from Buckeye Hydro

Thanks for posting kman; looking to get an RO system. Would like to keep it under $200 right now. I see Buckeye has a three cartridge system for $120. Which model is the system you chose?

Cheers

 

[Steveruch]

Yesterday.

 

[Beerstein]

Wow, what size is that?

its 15 cu ft. i can fit six 5 gal, and two ish 2.5 gal kegs. i think im going to open a kombucha tap for the wife . The unit is only five feet long. It was hard to choose among models because so much is unobtainium. Only took me 10 days to get this.

 

[user 298779]

Yesterday.View attachment 745955

Got mine in the mail yesterday…giddyup! 1 lb of Azacca; thanks for the freebee AHA! I see some Pale Ale in the near future

 

[Bill9000]

I received a new copper tube wort chiller, which I'm going to hook up in an ice bath upstream of my wort chiller. I've been having trouble getting my wort to the 70 F and have been getting impatient and pitching the yeast too warm. The finished product is great but I'm not sure if I'm tasting some off flavors or imagining them. I'm six batches into the homebrewing hobby, so pitching the yeast at the right temperature is the next step to take.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Tapcooler valve/keg connector with tubing.

 

[BrewMan13]

Tapcooler valve/keg connector with tubing.View attachment 746231

Ok, now this is something I need (that I didn't know existed)! Bought a tapcooler, but it's not a great size to use on my kegerator, and as such I can't really use it "properly", though I've been making due as well as I could.
Edit: I see they make a smaller extension tube, which maybe more like what I need.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Ok, now this is something I need (that I didn't know existed)! Bought a tapcooler, but it's not a great size to use on my kegerator, and as such I can't really use it "properly", though I've been making due as well as I could.
Edit: I see they make a smaller extension tube, which maybe more like what I need.

I have not tried it yet, hoping to this week. I'm gonna try bottling with the valve and without. $39 on Ama-ALMIGHTY-Zon. Got it pretty fast, stated 7-14 days delivery time, came in about 4 days

 

[Shenanigans]

got my yeasties in today. doing my first ever saison in a few weekends

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Omega do dry yeasts?
Dont think I have seen them in Europe yet but will have a look around

 

[Beerstein]

Omega do dry yeasts?
Dont think I have seen them in Europe yet but will have a look around

I think that dried Lutra is new-ish on the market. It frequently goes out of stock at the e-commerce stores here in the US.

 

[Shenanigans]

I think that dried Lutra is new-ish on the market. It frequently goes out of stock at the e-commerce stores here in the US.

OK, I actually found it in an online brew shop here in Germany.
so I guess some will be coming in the mail to me in the not too distant future

 

[Barbarossa]

Some book to help me drink more while not increasing my drinking. Thanks @JAReeves for the suggestion, that seems like a solid book.

 

[JAReeves]

I think you nailed what the book’s subtitle should have been, “How to drink more without actually drinking more.”

 

[wepeeler]

Got the Yeast book last week, which was a tremendous read. Malt book should be in my mailbox when I get home today. Also, ordered a new refractometer from Amazon. I dropped my other one last brew day, and it's wonky.

 

[seanjwalker1]

OK, I actually found it in an online brew shop here in Germany.
so I guess some will be coming in the mail to me in the not too distant future

How I miss Germany!!! 2 years in country I had to almost be dragged back to the U.S in Army chains. I miss Schweinfurt, Wurzburg , Nuremberg and Rimpar but not the bitter cold of Grafenwohr.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Ok, now this is something I need (that I didn't know existed)! Bought a tapcooler, but it's not a great size to use on my kegerator, and as such I can't really use it "properly", though I've been making due as well as I could.
Edit: I see they make a smaller extension tube, which maybe more like what I need.

Yes, a 30mm extensiontube.I got all the accessories, the PR valve drain tube and the airlock ball valve adapter and the 30mm extension all on Amazon.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Yes, a 30mm extensiontube.I got all the accessories, the PR valve drain tube and the airlock ball valve adapter and the 30mm extension all on Amazon.

@BrewMan13 and @camonick. One thing I just figured out putting it all together, the extension tube I guess is made for Intertap faucets and doesn't fit my Perlick 650 taps...bummer. Also, the vast majority of my bottles are the brown 12 oz PET plastic bottles. The tap cooler bung WILL NOT seal around the opening of plastic bottles, only around the glass bottles. They should tell you that in the description. I wrote Great Fermentations and Tapcooler to ask them if there are interchangeable bungs for different bottles. Glass bottles are fine but I hate giving samples to people with my flip top glass bottles, they freaking never want to give the bottles back !!!!!! I'll let you know what they tell me when I hear from them. There are no instructions with this, a couple videos on YouTube about the Tapcooler, nada on using the Valve/keg connector. Best I can figure, one end of valve connects to liquid out ball lock on the keg, the other connects to the tapcooler with a separate co2 ball lock connected. Do yourself a favor and get the gas ball lock adapter for the tapcooler.

 

[camonick]

@BrewMan13 and @camonick. One thing I just figured out putting it all together, the extension tube I guess is made for Intertap faucets and doesn't fit my Perlick 650 taps...bummer. Also, the vast majority of my bottles are the brown 12 oz PET plastic bottles. The tap cooler bung WILL NOT seal around the opening of plastic bottles, only around the glass bottles. They should tell you that in the description. I wrote Great Fermentations and Tapcooler to ask them if there are interchangeable bungs for different bottles. Glass bottles are fine but I hate giving samples to people with my flip top glass bottles, they freaking never want to give the bottles back !!!!!! I'll let you know what they tell me when I hear from them. There are no instructions with this, a couple videos on YouTube about the Tapcooler, nada on using the Valve/keg connector. Best I can figure, one end of valve connects to liquid out ball lock on the keg, the other connects to the tapcooler with a separate co2 ball lock connected. Do yourself a favor and get the gas ball lock adapter for the tapcooler.

Thanks for the info. Fortunately I have Intertap faucets and use standard 12 oz amber bottles. I’m definitely very interested in trying it. I planned on going all out and getting all the accessories when I do it.

 

[troyp42]

My new Grainfather G40 came a week ago and did my first brew on it on Saturday. Awesome brew vessel. very happy with it.

 

[bracconiere]

i forget what the rules are....but i got 3 cans of hornet/wasp spray because there's a big nest on my house! not sure if i should buy a bee keeper suit to actually spray it or not, the can said it sprays 25ft i think....

 

[hout17]

i forget what the rules are....but i got 3 cans of hornet/wasp spray because there's a big nest on my house! not sure if i should buy a bee keeper suit to actually spray it or not, the can said it sprays 25ft i think....

Just don't run out of spray before the nest runs out of wasps! LOL

 

[bruce_the_loon]

i forget what the rules are....but i got 3 cans of hornet/wasp spray because there's a big nest on my house! not sure if i should buy a bee keeper suit to actually spray it or not, the can said it sprays 25ft i think....

Spraying late at night is supposed to help as they are all supposed to be home and in bed by sundown. Good luck.

 

[Steverus07]

55 lbs of Franco-Belgian Pilsner malt for a quad and several recipes to be decided later

 

[Shenanigans]

How I miss Germany!!! 2 years in country I had to almost be dragged back to the U.S in Army chains. I miss Schweinfurt, Wurzburg , Nuremberg and Rimpar but not the bitter cold of Grafenwohr.

Cool I used to live in that area (Erlangen) about 20 years ago but moved up North near Dusseldorf.

 

[BrewMan13]

@BrewMan13 and @camonick. One thing I just figured out putting it all together, the extension tube I guess is made for Intertap faucets and doesn't fit my Perlick 650 taps...bummer. Also, the vast majority of my bottles are the brown 12 oz PET plastic bottles. The tap cooler bung WILL NOT seal around the opening of plastic bottles, only around the glass bottles. They should tell you that in the description. I wrote Great Fermentations and Tapcooler to ask them if there are interchangeable bungs for different bottles. Glass bottles are fine but I hate giving samples to people with my flip top glass bottles, they freaking never want to give the bottles back !!!!!! I'll let you know what they tell me when I hear from them. There are no instructions with this, a couple videos on YouTube about the Tapcooler, nada on using the Valve/keg connector. Best I can figure, one end of valve connects to liquid out ball lock on the keg, the other connects to the tapcooler with a separate co2 ball lock connected. Do yourself a favor and get the gas ball lock adapter for the tapcooler.

Weird about the extension not fitting perlicks, I thought that was the entire point of the original. I've got 630's, wonder if that makes a difference...?

 

[seanjwalker1]

Weird about the extension not fitting perlicks, I thought that was the entire point of the original. I've got 630's, wonder if that makes a difference...?

Just make sure the extension you are buying is not for the Intertap. There is a short and long extension that will fit perlick. I think what you have to do is unscrew the top of tapcooler and screw in the tube into the top and then the other end should fit snug into the tap. Anyway just make sure you don't order the Intertap extension. When I ordered the extension it didn't say for Intertap. If you figure it out before me, take a snapshot and post it please ! Tapcooler did email me that a #2 bung should fit into a 12oz pet plastic bottle and the drilled hole should be 9mm. For those of us that use pet bottles to give away.