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Date: 23 Aug 2006 14:32:15
From: Richard Kaszeta
Subject: What would you buy?
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I just won $100 in store credit from my LHBS for my (modest) entries in their
homebrew competition.
However, I'm already fairly well equipped for my usual brewing. I've
got more than enough equipment to always have two 5 gallon batches
going simultaneously. I've got two immersion chillers (one copper,
one stainless), a decent wort pump, good brewing kettles, a
refractometer, a decent capper, etc. In short, I can't think of
anything I need the my somewhat modestly equipped LHBS has (they don't
have much for equipment except your basic extract brewing stuff).
I don't usually keg (if I do, I borrow the keg from a friend, and the
CO2 from work), but they don't have much in kegging supplies.
Similarly, I could use a better all-grain setup, but they don't have
much in that way.
Ideas? I could easily spend it on ingredients (where they have a
surprisingly good selection for such a small LHBS), but especially for
partial mash or all-grain, $100 is a lot of beer (especially since I
drink about half of my brew myself).
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Richard W Kaszeta
rich@kaszeta.org
http://www.kaszeta.org/rich
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 14:41:03
From: wpattison
Subject: Re: What would you buy?
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I wouldn't limit it to what they carry or have in stock. If there's
equipment you want that they don't have - see if they can order it for
you.
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 20:14:56
From: Andy McKellar
Subject: Re: What would you buy?
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wpattison wrote:
> I wouldn't limit it to what they carry or have in stock. If there's
> equipment you want that they don't have - see if they can order it
> for you.
>
Agreed. Most brewshop owners are in it for the fun at least as much as
for the money, and they may have some interesting suggestions.
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-- Andy McKellar
Dallas, TX
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 14:09:22
From: John Krehbiel
Subject: Re: What would you buy?
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> Ideas? I could easily spend it on ingredients
I just had the same kind of windfall. Some co-workers gave me $160 at
an online company. I bought a second corny keg, fittings, and
ingredients (mostly base malt).
I see you don't keg much, which would have been my first choice, so
I'll have to concur with buying malt and a mill.
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 19:54:08
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: What would you buy?
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On 23 Aug 2006 14:32:15 -0500, <rich@kaszeta.org > wrote:
> I just won $100 in store credit from my LHBS for my (modest) entries in their
> homebrew competition.
>
> However, I'm already fairly well equipped for my usual brewing. I've
> got more than enough equipment to always have two 5 gallon batches
> going simultaneously. I've got two immersion chillers (one copper,
> one stainless), a decent wort pump, good brewing kettles, a
> refractometer, a decent capper, etc. In short, I can't think of
> anything I need the my somewhat modestly equipped LHBS has (they don't
> have much for equipment except your basic extract brewing stuff).
>
> I don't usually keg (if I do, I borrow the keg from a friend, and the
> CO2 from work), but they don't have much in kegging supplies.
> Similarly, I could use a better all-grain setup, but they don't have
> much in that way.
>
> Ideas? I could easily spend it on ingredients (where they have a
> surprisingly good selection for such a small LHBS), but especially for
> partial mash or all-grain, $100 is a lot of beer (especially since I
> drink about half of my brew myself).
I'd probably go for ingredients. A sack of 2-row and a sack of often
used specialy grain (aka Crystal, etc) would take care of a decent chunk
of the $100. You'd probably need a mill though. If you don't have one,
does the LHBS carry them? A grain mill will usually run in the ballpark
of $100 (probably a bit more).
John.
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 12:49:28
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: Re: What would you buy?
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did you mention you had a grain mill? how bout buying a phil mill they
are around 100$
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Date: 23 Aug 2006 15:58:40
From: Richard Kaszeta
Subject: Re: What would you buy?
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"dutchbrew/chicago" <vroomski1@yahoo.com > writes:
> did you mention you had a grain mill? how bout buying a phil mill they
> are around 100$
I do need a new mill (I've been using the one at the LHBS and going
right home to brew).
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Richard W Kaszeta
rich@kaszeta.org
http://www.kaszeta.org/rich
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Date: 28 Aug 2006 08:50:49
From: Dan Logcher
Subject: Re: What would you buy?
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Richard Kaszeta wrote:
> I just won $100 in store credit from my LHBS for my (modest) entries in their
> homebrew competition.
A Chillzilla counter flow chiller? That is about the only improvement to
my setup that would cost about $100.
--
Dan
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