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10# Munich, 5# CaraSomething. QD fittings and tubing, and a keg/fermenter washer. Next up: Marzen :)

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I have to admit: After three years in Germany, I started homebrewing in 1988, for what should be obvious reasons. Ten years later, started down the homebrew judging path. Learned a TON, specialized in Stout/Porter. Shortly after that, offered an Expresso stout to my neighbor, who didn't drink...

Vitek 7000 anti-scalant, and I need a new jug (45 pounds) of it. Fairly spendy, but my membrane is now 5 years old, and puts out RO water with ~ 80 ppm. That softener was consuming insane amounts of salt.

For various reasons, got out of homebrewing in 2015, sold the house, moved, life, etc. The itch returned last December, so accumulated a Digimash, Fermzilla, three corny kegs, a new chest freezer, a bunch of stuff. Made a Dry Irish Stout as a first / learning batch. Got a new job, fermented...

Our well water is over 4,000 ppm tds. Basically full of dissolved gypsum. It will dissolve granite (takes a while, but the effect is noticeable). Bought the house 5 years ago, replaced the existing softener system with whole house RO, which rocks. the brine/concentrate will kill most...

Best Buy branded chest freezer, 7 cu ft, holds 4 kegs, $249 last month when I bought it new.

Vitec 7000

Absolutely. And that stuff ain't cheap.

No, I no longer own a water softener. For the curious, untreated well water analysis: EPA METHOD 300.0: ANIONS Analyst: JRR 16984-48-8 Fluoride 0.58 0.10 mg/L 1 2/12/2014 12:13:44 PM 16887-00-6 Chloride 16 0.50 mg/L 1 2/12/2014 12:13:44 PM 7727-37-9 Nitrogen, Nitrite (As N) ND 0.10 mg/L 1...

We're on a well that is basically tapping a gypsum-rich aquifer. 4150 TDS. Replaced original Kinetico water softening system with whole house RO. We're near the end-of life on the original RO membrane (near five years), which is now producing about 83 PPM TDS. Perfectly suitable for brewing...

... and this youtube channel: Vito Iacopelli

Instant Coffee? INSTANT COFFEE? Seriously? We need to chat about this.

The only beers I would buy these days are: Old Rasputen Arrogant Bastard Spaten Optimator ... because it's winter.

It came as one original bag in a fairly hefty cardboard box. Arrived intact.

Delta Brewing Systems , around $67 for 50# 2-row pale base malt (Breiss), free shipping over $65, plus 15% off when you sign up for their mailing list. -T

Base malt, dry yeast: delta brewing systems Hardware: Brewhardware Everything else: Morebeer

Just placed an order - the threshold for free shipping is $65. Sign up for their email newsletter, take 15% off your first (next) order. 50# Breiss 2-row, plus two dry yeast packets I don't yet have banked: $68.83. Less than the price at my 'local' HBS, which is 4 hours round trip.

I just use a cheap vacuum sealer like this for $30: https://www.amazon.com/Bonsenkitchen-Machine-Options-Storage-Suction/dp/B09V18GFWL/ref=sr_1_10?crid=39O8FTKCQSGYM&keywords=food%2Bsaver%2Bvacuum%2Bsealer%2Bmachine&qid=1673674446&sprefix=vacuun%2Bsealer%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-10&th=1 Handy for a lot...