What equipment are you obsessing over?

[csurowiec]

Ill take that bet. We just brought 6.75 gallons of wort from 168 to full boil in 5 min today on propane.

That's pretty fast. My LHBS uses one of these for their learn to brew classes and I was impressed with how fast it worked.
http://www.avantcoequipment.com/product/170

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

Obsessed? Maybe. New Mash Tun and matching HLT would be nice. Problem with that is I just upgraded my HLT so that the Keggle would have a nice coil...Ugh... To be honest, I think I'd rather just have some new badass tires for my 4x4 instead


Who am I kidding MASH TUN!!

 

[Yesfan]

I want to add more taps to my keezer. I've been eyeing a 6 tap H tower to replace the 4 tap T I have now. One of those taps will be a stout with nitro setup, something else I've been wanting.


I like to have a bigger mash tun too. I like the looks of the Chapman Thermobarrels.

 

[Jwin]

I just need to finish my existing projects and maybe a 20g pot and another burner. With the Coleman xl extreme, I think I could mash 20g worth easy and split batch or partygyle with my existing 15g pot.

 

[zmanzorro]

Got a Blichmann Top Tier burner for Christmas and it is amazing. So much so that I accidentally boiled off an extra gallon.

 

[Stillraining]

That's pretty fast. My LHBS uses one of these for their learn to brew classes and I was impressed with how fast it worked.
http://www.avantcoequipment.com/product/170

I think electric is great for some applications..its just your pitting <20,000 BTU with that unit you linked, against my 210,000 BTU...Its not a fair fight no matter how efficient and new newfangled. I understand the benefits of safety with indoor use and all of that, if that's your direction...I'm just into speed,.... so I will always brew outdoors.

First brew day ever for my Father-in-Law yesterday down from Alaska, whom received a brew kit for Christmas so he wanted to see first hand how to brew..We were done start to finish with a 5.5 gallon batch of allgrain Porter in 3:10 from pulling the gear out to clean up and putting it away, and that includes pitching the yeast and installing an airlock. We were pretty much Dilly Dal-liing along as well. He was blown away by the simplicity and speed of it all.

It was cold out so we brought the mash tun in the house to keep it from loosing too much temp and my 26 year old Niece also down from Alaska could not quit saying "It smells so good in here" She wanted to stir the wort each time herself.. She drank one of my home brew with us and her eyes lit up and said "This is Soooo Good!"... I think I hooked her too. Now my father in law may have a Alaska brew buddy..

As long as were all making beer in the end its all Good.... Right!....Carry on...

 

[CJ-3]

Brew sculpture
Brewing software
And I would like to replace my Son of Fermenter with a fridge.
Oh, and replace my broken stir plate.

 

[canehdianman]

Grainfather is my current obsession.

 

[Murphys_Law]

I'd have to say "electric". Doing research now and my goal is to move from propane to electric soon!

 

[aprichman]

Going to kegs and a keezer.

 

[beersk]

Getting more 2.5 gallon kegs for smaller batches. Often times I obsess about improving my methods over equipment.

 

[brhenrio]

1. Grainfather
2. Diy fermentation chamber
3. Diy keezer

 

[Tactical-Brewer]

Basically anything bigger and better than what I have now. Eventually would love an all stainless set up with pumps and all the bells and whistles.

But, at this point, I'd love a bigger mash tun and boil kettle lol

 

[blizz81]

My next equipment concern will likely be looking into a heat wrap for kettle souring. Got delayed when I decided to make the jump into kegging here after 8 years of bottling.


Outside of that, I don't really have anything on the horizon for once! Whew! My barley crusher will probably wear down by that point just to make sure I have some equipment expense.

 

[GHBWNY]

Moving into my "new" brew room in the cellar soon and since I brew range-top, I will need some type of exhaust venting. Finally, my wife won't have to come home to find all the windows in the house fogged up. I'm thinking of checking CL for an old range hood and vent it through the rim joist. Anyone know what CFMs and duct size I'll need?

 

[NothingRhymesWithCurtiss]

10 Gallon Mash Tun
Immersion Chiller
Glass Carboy for Sours

Yeah, nothing special, but it's what I "need."

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Combination 1 Hp router/shaper table. I cannot wait to see one of those taking up space in my garage collecting dust.

 

[EthanH]

Not really obsessing, but I would like a new burner. When I bought my $40 burner from Academy I just looked at the BTUs, declared them adequate and said "heat is heat" with a shrug. 25 or so brews later on that burner and I'm suspecting that that is not in fact the case.

 

[gnef]

Not really obsessing, but I've been thinking about a conical for years. The thing is, I really like the simplicity of buckets, and I wonder if I would find the upkeep on a conical too much trouble (I've seen some videos and the care of some conicals in person, and I think it may be more than what I want to maintain for a fermenter).

Other than that, I really have more than everything I need right now. I recently completed my walk-in update. I changed out all 14 of my faucets for 650ss with John Guest fittings on the shanks and disconnects and using bev seal ultra tubing, as well as putting in a glassware rack. I also still have over 70 kegs in the walk-in, so I'm not hurting for beer at this moment. I have two mash tuns, a 60 qt for all my regular beers, and then a 120qt mash tun for my really big beers. I am on a single tier propane with stainless chugger pump using keggles and the cooler for a mash tun. I've got a lot of random gadgets too that I've built and accumulated over time.

The only further out dream for me, would be to go electric so that I could brew indoors. This will not happen for a very long time though due to the cost and time it would take to put together.

 

[grevengrevs]

Let's see...
- A propane tank
- A bigger CO2 tank
- Another 5g sanke keg
- Shirts with my brewery label on them for friends (already give out stickers)