What to buy with xmas $

[Steve3730]

Got a giftcard to my lhbs and trying to think what my new toy should be $75 giftcard. I already have 4 kegs,2 regulators, perlick faucets, kezzer with digital controller,stir plate. Thinking my next toy should be a refractometer. Any toys I'm over looking?

 

[HomebrewSupply]

Refractometer is a great choice. If you don't have one already, putting it towards a grain mill would be a great choice. You can buy grains in bulk, saving money, and then you've got it on hand to brew whenever the mood strikes!

 

[Steve3730]

Refractometer is a great choice. If you don't have one already, putting it towards a grain mill would be a great choice. You can buy grains in bulk, saving money, and then you've got it on hand to brew whenever the mood strikes!

Live in apartment no room for grain storage. And lhbs is only 2 miles away. Leaning towards the refractometer, just wanted to see what other things might be out there.

 

[HomebrewSupply]

Live in apartment no room for grain storage. And lhbs is only 2 miles away. Leaning towards the refractometer, just wanted to see what other things might be out there.

Ah, fair enough! I love my refractometer, so I'd go that route myself. Enjoy

 

[brewbama]

Ingredients! Make Beer!

 

[HomebrewSupply]

Ingredients! Make Beer!

MADNESS! Ok, yeah, that would be a good idea too!

 

[mjpeisher]

What is your current brew setup? It could be 75$ is better spent on the equipment than on the gadgets. Possibly a membership to local home brew club (if they have dues), or a subscription to a brewing magazine. Brewing in an apartment sounds like you may not need more tools, but possibly more resources? Just hazarding a guess.

 

[Cyclman]

Oxygen injection.

 

[Steve3730]

What is your current brew setup? It could be 75$ is better spent on the equipment than on the gadgets. Possibly a membership to local home brew club (if they have dues), or a subscription to a brewing magazine. Brewing in an apartment sounds like you may not need more tools, but possibly more resources? Just hazarding a guess.

Heatutdoors propane burner
Kettles:6.5 gallon kettle and 4 gallon kettle ( I have a 15.5 gallon keg I'll be converting soon but already have the stuff for that)
Mash tun: Igloo cooler false bottom stainless valve
Chiller: 50' double coil wort chiller

already a member of chaos brew club

I luckily have a unique set up for an apartment, oversized back laundry room with its own bathroom that i converted to my brewroom. have a outside patio behind that

 

[Steve3730]

Oxygen injection.

I do have a couple tanks of hospital grade oxygen laying around ( don't ask) only used it to inject once

 

[Steve3730]

Ingredients! Make Beer!

those are considered an necessity and come out of the finical budget just like my gas and electric bill

 

[jrowland74]

Beer gun?

 

[Steve3730]

Beer gun?

Almost never bottle and when i do i use a picnic tap with a racking cane attached to it

Thanks for the input guys really helping me narrow down what i need.

 

[jrowland74]

More carboys, FastFerment, carboy cleaner, hop spider...

 

[Steve3730]

More carboys, FastFerment, carboy cleaner, hop spider...

Hop spider that maybe something I'll look into. I have several ferm buckets, i don't like carboys.

What was the benefits of a fastferment?

 

[MaxStout]

If you do AG, maybe a pH meter.

 

[jrowland74]

What was the benefits of a fastferment?

It makes it easy to harvest yeast. Also, if you secondary there is no need to transfer, as you can just remove the trub and yeast from primary

 

[BrewSavage]

Got a giftcard to my lhbs and trying to think what my new toy should be $75 giftcard. I already have 4 kegs,2 regulators, perlick faucets, kezzer with digital controller,stir plate. Thinking my next toy should be a refractometer. Any toys I'm over looking?

What is your least favorite brewing task and what would make it better?

 

[Steve3730]

What is your least favorite brewing task and what would make it better?

One would be trying to get a sample cooled to check efficiency, the other is clean up. Sounds like a fast ferm would help with that since no extra bucket to clean when racking to 2ndary. But the fast ferm would not work with my temp controlled ferm chamber

 

[poptarts]

dont do secondary, and sounds like you need a refractometer.

 

[JonM]

Second the suggestion for a pH meter. And a copy of Palmer's Water book. Those two thing have completely revolutionized my brewing.

There are threads on HBT that have recommendations for really good pH meters.

I suppose this suggestion only works if the LHBS carries good pH meters.

 

[jrowland74]

But the fast ferm would not work with my temp controlled ferm chamber

That's exactly why I don't have one. Pretty cool though if that's not an issue...