I’m planning to use the “Pliny the Toddler” recipe from Zymurgy. But the recipe calls for .75 of a few of the hops (per six gallon recipe). I’m thinking about delaying and purchasing a food scale.
Any suggestions for someone on a “new home and wedding planning” budget?
Got this for Christmas and LOVE IT!
Escali Alimento 6 kg (13 lb.) Scale
Try Amazon for the best price.
Dave
For hops and the like I use a Blade Scale from MoreBeer. (The hops for Toddler were weighed out on it)
For grain I use a variant of this WeighMax scale (also 75lbs capable)
I have this escali, so far its been great.
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I have the same model, no problems here either
I have this one for hops and salts
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0026KXU7W/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1334802098&sr=8-1
Tested with a friend’s calibration weights and it’s accurate.
The scale I got for grain only weighs up to 11lbs. It’s from Polder and was about $18 at Costco.
Thanks for the help. Good options all around.
Have purchased several scales from this company. Very happy with the My Weight products.
I have a larger one for pounds and a small one for grams. They are used hard in the kitchen
and the brew area and perform well.
I have the same Costco scale. Works great. You can even switch between ounce and grams. My Escali scale broke after like 6 months.
A bunch of folks on here bought this one awhile ago:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FSWB9K/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i00
I like it for weighing out grain but use a smaller food scale that I’ve had for years for hops.
I saw a digital one in staples for about $30. Measured ounces up to a few pounds I think, but it had 2 decimal places.
If you’re just interested in weighing hops at a few ounces. look at the cheap battery operated scales sold on eBay in the $10 or less range. I bought one a few years ago and checked the calibration with some platform scale weights and it is extremely accurate.
It only measures up to 500 grams, so it’s of no use for grain.
I bought this one and it works pretty well. It isn’t accurate enough to weigh small amounts of salts. I used it to weigh my grain container ( vittle vault ) emtpy, and then use it to weigh the container with grains, subtract the empty weight and I know what I have left. Up to 55 lbs is a big plus and the retactable readout too.
Definitely going to snag one of these. My current scale only goes down to the whole gram. I’d like something a bit more accurate since I’m doing more half-batches with high AA% hops. The difference between 4.5g and 5.4g of Chinook or Simcoe has the potential to be an appreciable difference in a 2.5 gallon batch.
You’ll need to get a 500g calibration weight if you want to calibrate it. Before calibration it was off by 0.1g. I didn’t know this and bought a 50g weight, but a friend of mine had a full set that included 500.
My only complaint (and it really is just nit-picking) is when measuring salts I tend to take a long time to get it right and it shuts off after several minutes to save battery. To prevent this now I turn it off/on in between salts.
I have this scale (got it from Santa 8^) ) and it works great. I also have a smaller 5lb max scale that I’ve used for years for smaller amounts. The big one is a certified mail scale and is very accurate above .5oz. I can’t speak to below .5oz.
Paul
Same for me, been using this scale with no issues for 5 years, and a nickel still weighs 5g on it despite the abuse Ive put it through. I weigh grain, hops and my starters on it with no issue. The only thing I dont use it for is small tenth of a gram measurements that I use for water adjustment.
You need two scales. One for fine measurement up to a couple pounds and one for weighing out more, such as a hanging scale. I use this 50kg hanging scale bought off ebay for $10:
And I have a digital walmart-special that cost $14. Weighs in 2g or 1/8oz increments which is not nearly fine enough for salts, but is good for hops.
Same for me. Useless for hops and salts, it goes in 2 gram increments. Great for grains though.
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Love this scale. I also use a triple beam for weighing out my brewing salts.