What equipment are you obsessing over?

[alexacuna]

Thought it might be fun seeing what everyone else is checking out right now.

I'm thinking of a kegging setup right now. I could always look into more carboys, though. The more I have to fill, the more i need to fill.

 

[Stillraining]

Cant say its an obsession but I suppose a fermentation build is in order. I keep my brewing pretty darn simple so don't really need anything more. Unlike the sail boat....Lots of obsessions and way too little money for them. This really is a cheap hobby by most accounts.

 

[GrainToGlass]

HERMS. I want HERMS bad.

 

[Magnus314]

An electric kettle, and another CO2 tank and lines so I can be force carbing and cold conditioning at the same time.

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

I'm currently pricing out components for a BIAB set up. I'm figuring on somewhere in the neighborhood of about $420 if I bite the bullet and buy everything in one order from my LHBS.

 

[Boydric]

Electric setup using Spike kettles.

 

[Jthornburgh]

Several things in the works:

Immediate
1: Diptube
2: Pressurized fermentation (have a 1.25" hole in lid of conical)

Future
1: RaspberryPints w/flow meters
2: eBIAB (Boil)
3: eRIMS

 

[slym2none]

Nothing.

 

[bondra76]

electric and automated setup for sure

Also trying to figure out startup costs of a nano brewery

 

[GQT]

Huhh, if a decent cellar/basement/garage could count as equipment I would vote for them. Desperate for space (live in a flat).
Otherwise, I have pretty much everything I'd need BUT one important part is still lacking, and it is a CIP system (again, I'm too confined in terms of space to install one). With it, brewing would become really an undiluted pleasure.

 

[myerstyson]

Grainfather. Want one bad.

 

[csurowiec]

A 3000 watt 240volt induction cooktop. As fast or faster than propane but more precise, quieter, and no propane to buy. Wiring for it is a nonissue since I'm an electrician.

 

[JONNYROTTEN]

A dedicated brew room.

 

[Nico93]

oxygen tank

 

[speeddemon11L]

EVERYTHING! I have been out of it since 2012. Had to sell off all of the equipment in the divorce and am finally looking at getting back into it. An E-HERMS with a couple of conicals seems like a huge step up from the ole propane tank, coolers and buckets! :rockin:

 

[PetVet]

Really want Stout Tanks 1 barrel pots. Oh, and DIY glycol

 

[mongoose33]

It's a long list.

1. Keezer

2. Larger kettles so I can move to all-grain or BIAB

3. Better propane burner

4. A portable brew sculpture raising the brew pot so it'll easily drain into the fementer.

5. A few more kegs of varying sizes

6. Mini CO2 system for charging kegs w/ the mini CO2 cartridges

7. Fermentation chamber/conditioning chamber

8. Stir plate, flasks

Ah, there's a lot more.....

 

[Dirt_McGirt]

Mostly a 15 gal stainless kettle w/ basket so I can go all grain and do the occasional 10 gal batch.

A bigger ferm chamber so I can rededicate my current one back to keeping bottles/yeast/hops cold.

 

[Kharnynb]

a 10 gallon good kettle with a better heating system/some kind of electrical mash/brew combo kettle for biab, just a dream till I get more cashflow though....

maybe a decent grainmill.

 

[lhommedieu]

I just got a Blichmann Fermentor; now I want another one!

Further down the road:

30g pots
Filtering system

 

[dryboroughbrewing]

Not really obsessed, but I could stand for a larger HLT just because I'm lazy and I don't feel like refilling it after I dough in, and before I sparge.

 

[Elkobrewer]

Grainfather for sure.

 

[brewcat]

Shelving and storage. Plus some aesthetic things to upgrade my brew room. Then it will probably be taps for the kegerator.

 

[NewJersey]

Everyone's all about herms and rims and I just want to get a V3 BK to match my mashtun.

 

[psymonkey]

Not so much obsessing, but I need a new kegerator. My old beverage air is pretty bad-ass, but it's really running poorly, it's loud, it leaks condensation, the magnetic sealing strip is falling a part - it's just time.

Obsessing over the problem but dreading the purchase and trying to figure out if I want to go in another direction

 

[brewsao14]

SS electric brewery (kal-clone style) all welded, sanitary tri-clamp, etc. AND a biac setup for a shorter day when pressed for time (or feeling lazy more likely, haha). Now just gotta win that powerball.

 

[brewshki]

More Beer Brew Built brew stand.

 

[slym2none]

OK, I retract my last post - a refractometer would be nice, but not really necessary. I am not obsessing over it or anything.

 

[jrowland74]

It's a long list.

1. Keezer

2. Larger kettles so I can move to all-grain or BIAB

3. Better propane burner

4. A portable brew sculpture raising the brew pot so it'll easily drain into the fementer.

5. A few more kegs of varying sizes

6. Mini CO2 system for charging kegs w/ the mini CO2 cartridges

7. Fermentation chamber/conditioning chamber

8. Stir plate, flasks

Ah, there's a lot more.....

I can help with #8! Buy it now and it's one less thing to obsess about

 

[Stillraining]

A 3000 watt 240volt induction cooktop. As fast or faster than propane .

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