Anybody get any good deals lately?

[The KYChemist]

20l ss stockpot for $10.00 at Dollar General. Was supposed to have a glass lid, but it was nowhere to be found. Was able to talk them down. Perfect for sugar inversion!

[shadylane]

Tis better to ask for forgiveness than beg for permission

That's always been my philosophy.
I'll give you a 1/2 keg with all the fittings welded on if you'll say that to my wife.
And pay for the repercussions.

[Jimbo]

Some things are better left unadvertised.

[DFitz]

Got this one for free today. That dirty wrapping is the original protective cover. NBU 18x24x8 SS locking enclosure




a run to the car wash will knock off the dust.

[Red Rim]

At the dump with my son. Spotted an 8 gallon ss pot in the dumpster. The look on his face when I jumped in!

[pfshine]

Well i gotta take some picks for the scope of things but i got two very lage elec panels for free. One is 3'x1' and the other is 3'x2.5' . Then i got 10' of 2" for free and a whole assortment of 2" and 3" fittings although some arw solderd together and quite oxidized. On another trip i got a strange 15.5 gal keg with a bung hole and a very large beer cooler on a stand for free. I think i did alright with all this.

[DFitz]

Cleaned up my panel box and she came out looking like a new penny. I'll start ordering parts for a new control box soon.

[Jimbo]

she's a beauty

[Bushman]

Just finished making the bottom that was missing for the flip up to store the drip tray on this antique icebox plus added a new finish. Already storing some of my booze in it!

[Da Yooper]

Bushman, that old ice box is beautiful. Always wanted to find one

[DFitz]

Bushman, that old ice box is beautiful. Always wanted to find one

So has my wife. Unfortunately she'd likely just fill it with dried goods. My life has no rewards! No respect I tell ya. I get no respect. Rip Rodney

[NB01]

I know a bunch of people have stated they buy yeast at Costco, Bj's, Sam's etc....wholesale but finally got around to getting a membership! I can't believe how badly I was getting ripped off buying yeast from the grocery store!!!

I was paying $5.99 for a jar 4 oz. of Fleishmanns. Just picked up 2 lbs from Sam's Club for $4.88 (naturally I grabbed 4 lbs)

Grocery store = roughly $1.50 per oz
Sam's Club = roughly $0.15 per oz!!! Could not believe the difference, had to look twice!!

[bearriver]

Got a bulkhead SS drain valve for my keg, for free. Sort of...

I stole it off my parrot after getting rid of the inline design, going with a more standard type. Luckily the seals were still in a junk box somewhere.

[Bushman]

I know a bunch of people have stated they buy yeast at Costco, Bj's, Sam's etc....wholesale but finally got around to getting a membership! I can't believe how badly I was getting ripped off buying yeast from the grocery store!!!

I was paying $5.99 for a jar 4 oz. of Fleishmanns. Just picked up 2 lbs from Sam's Club for $4.88 (naturally I grabbed 4 lbs)

Grocery store = roughly $1.50 per oz
Sam's Club = roughly $0.15 per oz!!! Could not believe the difference, had to look twice!!

I find the sugar prices also a lot better (less than half a regular grocery store).

[NB01]

I know a bunch of people have stated they buy yeast at Costco, Bj's, Sam's etc....wholesale but finally got around to getting a membership! I can't believe how badly I was getting ripped off buying yeast from the grocery store!!!

I was paying $5.99 for a jar 4 oz. of Fleishmanns. Just picked up 2 lbs from Sam's Club for $4.88 (naturally I grabbed 4 lbs)

Grocery store = roughly $1.50 per oz
Sam's Club = roughly $0.15 per oz!!! Could not believe the difference, had to look twice!!

I find the sugar prices also a lot better (less than half a regular grocery store).

Yea I noticed the sugar was way cheaper as well!! I have a little bit of a stock saved up now, but I was eyeing those 25lb bags pretty hard. The hardest part will be convincing the wife that buying 50 lbs of sugar at a wholesale club will not draw peering eyes!!

[Bushman]

I know a bunch of people have stated they buy yeast at Costco, Bj's, Sam's etc....wholesale but finally got around to getting a membership! I can't believe how badly I was getting ripped off buying yeast from the grocery store!!!

I was paying $5.99 for a jar 4 oz. of Fleishmanns. Just picked up 2 lbs from Sam's Club for $4.88 (naturally I grabbed 4 lbs)

Grocery store = roughly $1.50 per oz
Sam's Club = roughly $0.15 per oz!!! Could not believe the difference, had to look twice!!

I find the sugar prices also a lot better (less than half a regular grocery store).

Yea I noticed the sugar was way cheaper as well!! I have a little bit of a stock saved up now, but I was eyeing those 25lb bags pretty hard. The hardest part will be convincing the wife that buying 50 lbs of sugar at a wholesale club will not draw peering eyes!!

Not a problem as many restaurants shop in bulk plus canning season is coming up at least in my neck of the woods.

[bearriver]

The hardest part will be convincing the wife that buying 50 lbs of sugar at a wholesale club will not draw peering eyes!!

I quit caring. A woman around 60 years old +, once asked me why I had a cart literally full of sugar bags. I tole her that my church was running a bake sale. Her husband grabbed her arm, started walking, and quietly said "Hunny, they aint running no bake sale".

[woodshed]

My good friend Charlie found this 300 gallon tank buried in a trash pile on a chunk of land he just bought.
Jacketed and plumbed for a heat source. No top but I can easily make one for it.
Cost me a bottle, and a case of New Castle Brown.

[DFitz]

Looks like it'll make a nice fermentor. Nice score!

[woodshed]

Yea, fermenter or mash tun.

[Red Rim]

Something that size could use some kind of automatic turning rotor to scrape the bottom while mashing. Now that is a score!!

[woodshed]

The brace across the top is to mount an agitator.

[MoonWhisky]

Anybody in the STL area can get a 10'x3' sheet of 16oz copper for $160.00. The catch is it has damage corners but can easy be hammered flat with a block of wood. Normally it will run $240.00

This was the best piece there and it had hardly zero damage just a slightly bent corner and a couple of bend marks. I had them cut it to fit in my truck.

[Prairiepiss]

Saved $600 bucks yesterday. Got 8 24v 240watt solar panels for $1300. This will give me 1440 watts for the main system. And 480 watts for the spring water pump house.

[woodshed]

Nice score Mr. P. I envy the adventure you are starting.

[The KYChemist]

Picked up 5 feet of 2.5 inch copper tube, for next to nothing. A friend of mine "knows", and we "bartered" for it. Let's just say it probably cost around $3.00, give or take. It needs a good cleaning, and probably has a future as shotgun condensor build material.

[NZChris]

Ten bucks for a USB thermometer. Had some trouble getting the software installed at first, but it's working ok now. If it proves useful, I might get some more.

[InglisHill]

You need more?



PS: Turned out great, the second one is not far off running either.

[NZChris]

Stillin' ain't all I do.

I had a feeling that feijoa would be ok.

[NZChris]

Trying to find good deals on cacao nibs and gold leaf now.