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Basically a Coleman camping cooler with a stainless steel toilet supply line, some 7/16" vinyl tube and a picnic valve.
Pots 34L, 18L, 10L
Really you just need the 34L pot. I use the smaller two for heating strike and sparge water. The 34L pot for my full volume boil.
Cast iron propane burner
Came with the 34L pot as part of a Turkey Fryer kit.
Corona grain (corn) mill
The cheapest grain mill out there! Tons on eBay. Requires lots of fine tuning but once set, provides a decent crush. No stuck sparges yet.
Plastic 29L primary w/ air-lock
Any food grade plastic pail will do. Larger is better, head-space needed to accommodate krausen during primary stage of fermentation.
Glass 23L secondary w/ air-lock
Nice to have but not required for basic ales. You can get away with a longer primary and then straight to bottle. I use a secondary when dry-hopping or conditioning beer.
Auto-siphon w/ bottle filler
After struggling with a siphon once, I quickly bought an auto-siphon. I believe this is only piece of brewing equipment that I actually bought new! The bottle filler required if you choose to bottle condition your beers. I can't afford kegging.
Bottle Tree w/ Ferrari Vinator
Thanks Kevin! A really usefully, albeit unnecessary, tool when bottling. The Vinator makes bottle sanitizing a dream.
Hydrometer w/ turkey baster
Determines Original gravity, Final Gravity (ie alcohol content). The baster is to draw samples from the fermentation vessel. Cheaper than a wine thief.
Thermometer
Needed to monitor strike water, mash temps, mash-out and sparge temps.
Immersion wort chiller
25ft of flexible 3/8" copper refrigeration tubing. Bends made by coiling tube around a paint can. Stainless clamps, vinyl tubing and a garden hose connector complete the piece. Needed to quickly cool the wort post-boil.
Calibrated measuring bucket
Very high-tech piece. 23L plastic bucket with a masking tape strip down the side. Using a measuring cup, made a mark on the tape after each 2L addition. I use this bucket to measure out strike and sparge water. Also doubles as my bottling bucket.
Digital scale
Ok, I lied, I bought this one new (on sale) as well. I use it to measure out grains and hops for my recipes.
MLT & IC pics added
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