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Title: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on August 30, 2015, 12:52:43 AM
It used to be Amazon and Ebay, now it's Aliexpress which is the curse of the midnight inebriated Homebrewer after all why would
I need these?

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/29/8e92ea91a5db586b9e07f5ae9b2df86d.jpg)

Come on we have all have something, post a picture of your equivalent of the gadget that lives under the sink that has been used only once
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Bazza on August 30, 2015, 01:17:07 AM
QuoteCome on we have all have something, post a picture of your equivalent of the gadget that lives under the sink that has been used only once
I'd post a picture of me nob but for 3 reasons:
1.been used twice
2. Not tidy
3. Lack of a panoramic lens.

You did ask.

-Barry
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: molc on August 30, 2015, 09:20:28 AM
Why would you ever think you need a ss bottle! :)
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Simon_ on August 30, 2015, 01:06:06 PM
My Aliexpress stuff has started arriving by air mail and registered post. Recently good something in 5 days. Don't understand the economics of it at all
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Greg2013 on August 30, 2015, 01:46:27 PM
Well CH you could use those as your dedicated homer brew comp bottles,in fact with the quantities you brew i recommend you get at least another half dozen of them. :D
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on August 30, 2015, 02:16:04 PM
@bazza lives under the sink ;D

@molc alcohol removes all common sense and brings out the magpie in me
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Greg2013 on August 30, 2015, 02:28:50 PM
Actually this reminds me i need to get a couple of them carb caps off Aliexpress soon,Ch do you want me to pick you up a couple more of these at same time ?  :P
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Qs on August 30, 2015, 03:52:39 PM
They look good for bringing to festivals that don't allow glass.
Title: Re: Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on August 30, 2015, 05:19:45 PM
@Greg feck off :P
get the ones with the spike so that you can counter pressure fill and clean your lines with
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Stainless-Carbonation-Cap-w-5-16-Barb-Ball-Lock-Type-soda-made-Homebrew-Kegging/2044687693.html?spm=2114.01020208.3.2.ahnlOb
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on August 31, 2015, 03:09:22 PM
Replaced this because it can't accommodate the handle

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/31/6ea8e722eb03c32250197887496f1694.jpg)

With this
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/31/8e4352272cc4e2ddbc3df36dd540ceef.jpg)

In most cases simpler is always best
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: johnrm on August 31, 2015, 11:08:03 PM
Big Brother is Washing you?  ;D
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Hop Bomb on September 02, 2015, 03:49:21 PM
Im selling an ampeg 8x10 bass cab to fund a 14 gallon conical from brewbuilder. Bye bye music gear. Hello bad ass conical (hopefully)
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Garry on September 04, 2015, 10:09:04 AM
Did you ever get caught out by the scale of the pictures on a shopping website. I remember getting my first STC1000 and being surprised by how tiny it was. Anyway, it's happened to me again. I ordered a pipe cutter recently. It came yesterday. It's fucking huge!

The one on the bottom is what I was expecting.

(http://i.imgur.com/ygopSOul.jpg)
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: nigel_c on September 04, 2015, 10:24:36 AM
You could probably take the spire down with that thing next time your up in Dublin.
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Garry on September 04, 2015, 10:55:21 AM
The spire? I suppose no one would miss a few meters off the top of it? It'd make a cool conical FV.
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: delzep on September 04, 2015, 10:57:09 AM
Hasn't the spire got a flat circular top?
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: TheSumOfAllBeers on September 04, 2015, 11:05:11 AM
Somebody already beat you to it
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Garry on September 04, 2015, 11:14:55 AM
Looks like it. Sure ye saved me a trip.
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Kevin O'Roundwood on September 04, 2015, 01:09:06 PM
Quote from: Hop Bomb on September 02, 2015, 03:49:21 PM
Im selling an ampeg 8x10 bass cab to fund a 14 gallon conical from brewbuilder. Bye bye music gear. Hello bad ass conical (hopefully)

but but but... how can you SURVIVE without an 8x10??!!  ??? ???

Ampeg too - nice bit of kit. If I had a 14 gallon conical I'd swap ya!
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on September 05, 2015, 03:57:54 PM
I like putting away my conicals dry, big brother to the rescue again ;)

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/05/151971af6f55d635661fe752956ebeb9.jpg)
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on September 07, 2015, 10:24:33 PM
Can you guess what this does?

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09/07/8dae6fd9f5e5232255ef2f3705987ad2.jpg)
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: johnrm on September 07, 2015, 11:04:41 PM
A comb for someone who's bald?
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on September 07, 2015, 11:06:40 PM
Nope, or a souvenir of a roman aqueduct
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Will_D on September 08, 2015, 08:43:05 AM
Toothbrush holder?
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Hop Bomb on September 08, 2015, 09:37:19 AM
Quote from: Kevin Roundwood on September 04, 2015, 01:09:06 PM
Quote from: Hop Bomb on September 02, 2015, 03:49:21 PM
Im selling an ampeg 8x10 bass cab to fund a 14 gallon conical from brewbuilder. Bye bye music gear. Hello bad ass conical (hopefully)

but but but... how can you SURVIVE without an 8x10??!!  ??? ???

Ampeg too - nice bit of kit. If I had a 14 gallon conical I'd swap ya!

My band mates finally finished college, got jobs & bought their own gear. Downside is we cant go on tour much any more as they dont get those nice long mid term breaks anymore.
Title: Re: Homebrewing equipment you really don't need; Damn you Ali Express
Post by: Leann ull on September 08, 2015, 01:46:23 PM
It's a Carboy prop,  to be honest I used it once and shit myself as the Carboy was really unstable!