NWI INGO General Post - Part 8

[aclark]

correct sadclown was able to secure .22lr ammo for dnr to buy at a reasonsable price for the event.
for a guy that does not like kids... well i said enough....

we still need another 6K in .22lr but every little bit helps

Now if the rest of us could secure it at a reasonable price the world would be a happy place.

 

[danmdevries]

I'm so sick and tired of this winter.

One thing I can't do in the winter (at least do efficiently) is brew beer. But, usually there's a thaw where I can hook up a hose and open the garage door and brew a batch or two. Not so far this winter...

So I've got hoses running through the house down to the basement laundry tub to bring water out to the garage, got my kerosene radiant heater burning and the door cracked a bit so I don't die with two propane burners, kerosene burner and unvented space.

Can't wait till we defrost.

 

[sadclownwp]

He likes kids ... when it makes him money.

Correction, I tolerate kids when they make me money.

 

[xfrostybeersx]

Ahh..... that was a good knap!

 

[actaeon277]

Knap? Or nap?

 

[Raitekk]

Ahh..... that was a good knap!

Knap? Or nap?

Tom Knapp??!?!

 

[chef larry]

I'm so sick and tired of this winter.

One thing I can't do in the winter (at least do efficiently) is brew beer. But, usually there's a thaw where I can hook up a hose and open the garage door and brew a batch or two. Not so far this winter...

So I've got hoses running through the house down to the basement laundry tub to bring water out to the garage, got my kerosene radiant heater burning and the door cracked a bit so I don't die with two propane burners, kerosene burner and unvented space.

Can't wait till we defrost.

Can you cook corn on the cob in there?

 

[danmdevries]

Can you cook corn on the cob in there?

Probably, basically just a 15 gallon ss pot on a fancy Blichmann burner

 

[danmdevries]

Tried my humidor out for size, looks like I need a couple more boxes of my favorites to even get to where I'd need to be for proper humidity maintenance.

 

[chef larry]

Probably, basically just a 15 gallon ss pot on a fancy Blichmann burner

Now that I look at the picture, is that an old beer keg with the top removed?

 

[bigretic]

Wait, a gov't agency paid a "reasonable" price for something? You must be joking. I've got a few thousand I'd sell them...

 

[danmdevries]

Now that I look at the picture, is that an old beer keg with the top removed?

Yup. Bought a couple kegs a few years ago when a distributor was selling them legitimately and converted one into a mashtun and one into a boil pot "keggle". $50/keg vs $150-300+/kettle for a 15g kettle was an easy choice.

Over the last few years I've been slowly buying parts for an indoor electrically fired brewery but I think it's been at least 6 months since I've bought any pieces for it. Total cost if I bought at retail would be nearly $8k, so I've just been buying bits n pieces off the homebrew forums as people liquidate their halfway finished electric builds. I've got all the cheaper stuff, the electronic controls, switches, contactors/relays etc. Problem is the pumps, pots, and coils command near retail even on the used market so until I'm ready/able and willing to drop about $2500, it's not getting finished.

If I do finish my electric brewery, I don't want anything "cheap", it's gotta look nice. So the kettles I want (need 3) are pushing $400/ea, the coils (2) are about $150-200 ea, the pumps (2-3 depending on setup) are $150-200 ea, then the sanitary SS fittings will set me back about $500, the wort cooler is $200-400 depending on style...

So until I find some free money, I'm stuck with keggles in the garage over propane burners. All setups work the same, just some are easier to use and I'd LOVE to have an indoor setup to brew easily year round but unfortunately the cost is keeping me away for now. If it was my only hobby, I'd probably have an indoor electric setup fully automated. But, I have too many interests and they change frequently. I tend to dive in head first into a hobby, go all-out and then if it's not something I stay with, I'm stuck with equipment and expense. So with brewing I could see it would be prohibitively expensive if it turned out I didn't enjoy it. I still went head first but with caution. On the back end I have a nice setup. I can ferment about 50 gallons at a time, I can have 40 gallons (8 kegs) on tap at one time. I can bottle from the kegs, and I have a jockey box so I can take a keg with me and dispense through a cooler to have cold beer on tap wherever I want.

If it wasn't for the legal restrictions on selling homebrew, I'd be selling it to get the money I need to expand.

 

[chef larry]

Yup. Bought a couple kegs a few years ago when a distributor was selling them legitimately and converted one into a mashtun and one into a boil pot "keggle". $50/keg vs $150-300+/kettle for a 15g kettle was an easy choice.

Over the last few years I've been slowly buying parts for an indoor electrically fired brewery but I think it's been at least 6 months since I've bought any pieces for it. Total cost if I bought at retail would be nearly $8k, so I've just been buying bits n pieces off the homebrew forums as people liquidate their halfway finished electric builds. I've got all the cheaper stuff, the electronic controls, switches, contactors/relays etc. Problem is the pumps, pots, and coils command near retail even on the used market so until I'm ready/able and willing to drop about $2500, it's not getting finished.

If I do finish my electric brewery, I don't want anything "cheap", it's gotta look nice. So the kettles I want (need 3) are pushing $400/ea, the coils (2) are about $150-200 ea, the pumps (2-3 depending on setup) are $150-200 ea, then the sanitary SS fittings will set me back about $500, the wort cooler is $200-400 depending on style...

So until I find some free money, I'm stuck with keggles in the garage over propane burners. All setups work the same, just some are easier to use and I'd LOVE to have an indoor setup to brew easily year round but unfortunately the cost is keeping me away for now. If it was my only hobby, I'd probably have an indoor electric setup fully automated. But, I have too many interests and they change frequently. I tend to dive in head first into a hobby, go all-out and then if it's not something I stay with, I'm stuck with equipment and expense. So with brewing I could see it would be prohibitively expensive if it turned out I didn't enjoy it. I still went head first but with caution. On the back end I have a nice setup. I can ferment about 50 gallons at a time, I can have 40 gallons (8 kegs) on tap at one time. I can bottle from the kegs, and I have a jockey box so I can take a keg with me and dispense through a cooler to have cold beer on tap wherever I want.

If it wasn't for the legal restrictions on selling homebrew, I'd be selling it to get the money I need to expand.

Nothing wrong with working within a budget.

 

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[actaeon277]

Mmmm.
Hungry Man frozen dinner. (Sarcastically I said)

 

[cyprant]

Any one have any info on St Thomas More school in Munster?

 

[bradmedic04]

I'm an idiot and accidentally posted my handgun in the longgun classified section. Can I move the thread myself? Help a brotha out.

 

[actaeon277]

I'm an idiot and accidentally posted my handgun in the longgun classified section. Can I move the thread myself? Help a brotha out.

Click on "report thread" button near the rep button. Explain.

 

[Bill B]

Who are our resident NWI mechanics on here? I've got CTC B4Z and DarkKevin. Anyone else?

I have a question I need to PM.

It's been a few years, but I used to work on the itty-bitty, rubber wheeled creatures. What's up?