What equipment would you least like to be without?

[pasgrampa2]

Just wondered what you would least like to be without from your homebrew equipment? I have just finished my latest brew, and l know without my bottling stick l would go crazy. Makes brewing life so much easier.

 

[Graz]

Many things have massively improved brewing for me over the years:

Bottling stick / bottling bucket - definitely
Bench capper
Siphon clip
Siphon filters
Brew fridge(s)
Cornelius kegs / kegerator.
Thermapen thermometer
Hydrometer / sample jar / turkey baster.

To name but a few...

 

[pasgrampa2]

My fermenter cupboard l built is great too, much better to get a steady and complete ferment.

 

[hoppyscotty]

anything to do with fermentation temp control. My Homebrew improved significantly when I started to take proper control of my fermentation.

 

[An Ankoù]

My pint glass.
Without that, nothing else is worthwhile.

 

[Sadfield]

2L jugs, but specifically ones that have a handle that can be hooked over the edge of other vessels. It's a simple, hand freeing piece of genius design.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Keg washer!

 

[gyurmaember]

Kegs, kegerator, kegwasher

 

[Mayor of Simpleton]

Drinking water standard compliant hose. Makes filling my HLT from the tap so much easier.

 

[Tanglefoot]

As a simple BIAB brewer my 8 gallon pan, although I have one double the size waiting for when I upgrade my hob/brew space.
Both picked up cheap as chips second hand.

 

[obscure]

My notebook and pen (plus several years of prior notes). I try to make a point of documenting everything boil off, water loss to grain absorption, efficency, mash temperature, what worked and what didn’t. This in turn has made my brewing more predictable and consistant.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I have just finished my latest brew, and l know without my bottling stick l would go crazy.

1 - Auto syphon with attached little bottler (bottling stick)

2 - Heat pad for winter months.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Drinking water standard compliant hose. Makes filling my HLT from the tap so much easier.

Doh. I have one in the camper van I could use instead of measuring out 3 ltrs at a time and carrying it to the garage

 

[MrJay83]

My fermenter. Some job making beer without it.

 

[SMP Brewery]

I’m going for my CO2 bottle, without it all the other things that make brewing easier for me as in my pressure transfer, carbonating kegs etc. would be hard work.

 

[Mayor of Simpleton]

Doh. I have one in the camper van I could use instead of measuring out 3 ltrs at a time and carrying it to the garage

I carried buckets of water for about 5 years before I thought about getting a hose

 

[Rodcx500z]

My little piece of tubing from the all rounder to my kegs

 

[foxy]

I have multiples of everything, 2 pH meters, 3 hydrometers, two bottling wands, 2 bench cappers, 2 Gutens, 6 Apollo fermenters, 2 paddles, 2 jugs, 3 bowls, 3 grain mills. Somethings we can get away without having a backup others we cant. I had a Baumeister with a faulty pump on brew day but transferred to a Guten. Another time a Guten panel melted, transferred to the spare.

 

[Agentgonzo]

My fermenter. Some job making beer without it.

The same could be said for my grainfather. So much more enjoyable than my old 3-vessel plastic setup

 

[Old Fart At Play]

Just wondered what you would least like to be without from your homebrew equipment? I have just finished my latest brew, and l know without my bottling stick l would go crazy. Makes brewing life so much easier.

Which bottling stick do you use? Ta!