Car Booty Bargains

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Car Booty Bargains

Post by dean_wales » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:07 pm

I love car boot sale bargains and am interested to know what brewing kit you guys have picked up for pennies for inspiration!

So far this year I have found these little gems, all of which were new and cost me about 50p each!

Two digital thermometers (ala these £20 ones at Hope n Grape)

A mains or battery powered set of scales. Up to 6kg and accurate, apprently £100+ when they were new! It is one of[url=htthttp://www.jadeverscale.com/cgi-bin/pj2003/ebu ... ORUMTYPE=E]these[/url].

Wireless Microsoft Keyboard and Mouse for the PC I will be using to monitor and one day control brewdays. Bit like one of these worth about £20-30.

Roll of insulation. Unopened. The siler bubble wrap kind you get in Wickes for £8 a roll! Used to insulate my HLT!

Three meters of heat resistant cable. Nice and heavy/rubbery with a kettle connection one end and a good socket the other! Ideal for hooking up my HLT!

Still hoping to see some big old stainless stockpot or tank for a fiver! Or some elements.

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Re: Car Booty Bargains

Post by yanbupete » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:06 pm

I picked up a baby burco boiler for a fiver. I'm having much trouble finding a working 'fridge tho', nothing on freecycle orfleabay

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Re: Car Booty Bargains

Post by Froggit » Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:48 pm

Picked one of these up for £2!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znd0tIKjsPU

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Re: Car Booty Bargains

Post by Spikesdad » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:38 pm

Froggit wrote:Picked one of these up for £2!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znd0tIKjsPU
You was robbed!!! :)

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Re: Car Booty Bargains

Post by AnthonyUK » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:01 am

I just went to our local for the first time is weeks due to the weather
Picked up a box of 12 Stella pint glasses - the ones with the embossed logo in the bottom - £2
4 10 litre food buckets with lids £1
and a Bodum cafetiere for 50p as the glass beaker is useful for all sorts of things being heat proof.

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Re: Car Booty Bargains

Post by FUBAR » Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:30 pm

Today at Pedham place boot fair just off the M25 at Swanley I picked up a perfectly good budjet PB with gas injector for £3 :D ,was another stall there had a Guiness tap for £12.Then I called in at a boot fair at Leybourne just off the M20 a stall there had 2 seperate beer fonts with taps one Fosters the other Stella £20 each they may still be there if anyone is in the area and wants them as the boot fair goeson till about 3 o'clock I think.
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Re: Car Booty Bargains

Post by Martin G » Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:57 pm

Froggit wrote:Picked one of these up for £2!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znd0tIKjsPU
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