Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Equipment Wish List

X-mas is almost here, and we need to be telling our women what we want! Fuck an Ipod, a new pair of black skinny jeans, or that new portable record player (unless it's got a wort chiller attachment). I can keep this as a running list, and update it frequently, when we find links to exactly what we want.

The basics:
Wort Chiller - Do we make one ourselves? Buy one retail?
Mash tun - I like the Coleman cooler varieties.
Wine thief - We really need this to take good samples of our beer, without having to tip the carboy.
More bottles! - Goes without saying.

Daydreaming:
Three tiered burner system
Stainless Steel Fermenter
Kegging system/converted fridge system

What else?

9 comments:

  1. haha too funny. but my black skinny jeans are wearing out. but you're right. I'd rather go pantless and have a wort chiller. I say we make that. I think we can do it for around 40-50 bux. the cheapest i've seen is in asheville and it was 77. the one @ tc is over 100 i believe

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  2. with the right deal we could totally convert a fridge to 2 taps(including tubing, co2, and kegs) for 350 bux, with room for expansion.

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  3. Yeah, I'd rank wort chiller very high on the 'needs' list.

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  4. good point gus. your back yard gets full sun. renting a plow and coming by on march 1.

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  5. i think ron & i are in agreement that we should make a go at planting some hops in the spring.

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  6. Indeed! I'd like to maybe try some from seed, and some from rhizome. I can grow shit.

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  7. We need us an outdoor sized propane burner, a la a turkey fryer setup. Might be on sale this time of year...

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  8. u guys are jumping the gun. we havent even tasted our first batch of beer and now you want to grow hops?

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