Here's what happens when a Newbie

Northern Brewer General
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Gets wind of some stuff for sale
Found out that a co-worker had a bunch of brewing stuff he was gonna’ post on Craigslist, so I got in touch with him and went to have a look.

Seemed like a decent deal, since I needed a bunch of stuff, so I popped and snagged it all!
It included 4 of the cornys in the pics…3 clean, and one with some old strawberry soda in it…That was a fun clean up!
Included a new unused burner as well, but that burner stand has GOT to go!
Guess I’ll be building a stand next.
It also included his “toolbox” with a quite a few replacement ball lock couplers and other wear and hardware items…He kept a NICE wine thief,and 2 more Carboy’s, as his Wife is still in the wine brewin’ bidness’.

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O_O you son of a bitch. Good grabs.

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That’s a heck of a score!!

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Very like I had happen. Just started brewing and ran into a friend of a friend that had “tons of stuff” and was getting out of home brewing. I made him an offer just based on what he was rattling off and he said sold!

12 kegs, 3 c02 tanks, 3 regulators, 100’s of fittings later he is still sending me stuff, 18 months later.

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I will just sit here quietly jealous 8)

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Brewers Companion is a great book. Use the Miller book to start fires.

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Wilco!

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Hey!..Put a “Mr.” in front of that, I might be your elder! :smiley:

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Thats a great idea, maybe then I’d finally get some use out of it!

To the OP:
Looks like a great score you got there.

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Thanks.
But in all that stuff, I still gotta’ get me a hydrometer!

A buddy called me today and said he had a refractometer I could have, brand new one,never used, made in China…

Only problem is that it’s calibrated for testing automotive anti-freeze! :o

I’ll get it anyway, and see if the slide or screen on it is interchangeable, or just figure out a way to re-calibrate it!

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Do yourself a favor…learn to use a hydrometer first.

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Thats a great idea, maybe then I’d finally get some use out of it!

To the OP:
Looks like a great score you got there.[/quote]
I’ve never read it but whats the deal about the miller book?

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That’s the plan, Denny, but thought I would get it “while the gettin’ is good”?

14

Great grab! Hard to believe that a garden hose will work well as a chiller.

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Thats a great idea, maybe then I’d finally get some use out of it!

To the OP:
Looks like a great score you got there.[/quote]
I’ve never read it but whats the deal about the miller book?[/quote]

Outdated info, a lot of it since proven incorrect.

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It’s a “counterflow” chiller, and the previous Brewer said it works very well!