What do you use for a mashing / mixing paddle, and what do you like / dislike about it?
Large plastic spoon
Large wood spoon
Wood oar-like paddle (with or without holes)
Wood dowel rake
Stainless steel mixing paddle
Large paint mixer thing
We use a medium sized plastic spoon and a wood dowel rake. The spoon needs to retire. I thought about making a wood oar-like paddle, but was curious what other's used.
For those that use wood, have you ever had a problem with mold, etc, growing on it?
Website that has some decent items with reasonable shipping
http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/mix ... 3-803.aspx
What do you use for a mixing / mash paddle?
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Re: What do you use for a mixing / mash paddle?
I use a paddle very similar to this:
http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/b ... weled.html
Bought mine from one of the ZZHops guys about 6 years ago at the KCBS comp.
HUGE difference from the plastic and stainless spoons I tried earlier.
http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/b ... weled.html
Bought mine from one of the ZZHops guys about 6 years ago at the KCBS comp.
HUGE difference from the plastic and stainless spoons I tried earlier.
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Re: What do you use for a mixing / mash paddle?
Stainless steel paddle...Restaurant Depot $12
BEFORE THERE WAS MATHEMATICS, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY OR CULTURE...THERE WAS BEER.
In Primary:............. None (how sad is that?)
In Secondary:..........None...see above
On Tap: ..........Barley Wine from 2006, BGSA from 2006...
In Primary:............. None (how sad is that?)
In Secondary:..........None...see above
On Tap: ..........Barley Wine from 2006, BGSA from 2006...
Re: What do you use for a mixing / mash paddle?
A real, heavy duty, Stainless steel mixing paddle, not that wimpy one like Jason uses. 
Re: What do you use for a mixing / mash paddle?
Ive got three paddles. My cherished paddle is my Cherry paddle that Jimvy made me years and years ago. Then Ed Vandergrift won a dowel paddle at KCBM 4-5 yrs ago and gave it to me to use for all the big brews we do. If you have ever been at a group brew at my place, you have used these paddles. The third paddle is a SS one like the Wimpy ones Jason and Jeff use. That one stays in storage as it is to wimpy.
Just call me Andy!
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lupulin threshold shift \lu·pu·lin thresh·old shift\ n
1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian.
2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer.
3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur.
4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough
Lupulin Threshold Shift
lupulin threshold shift \lu·pu·lin thresh·old shift\ n
1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian.
2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in beer.
3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur.
4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough
Re: What do you use for a mixing / mash paddle?
It is not how large your paddle is...it is how well you use it 
BEFORE THERE WAS MATHEMATICS, RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY OR CULTURE...THERE WAS BEER.
In Primary:............. None (how sad is that?)
In Secondary:..........None...see above
On Tap: ..........Barley Wine from 2006, BGSA from 2006...
In Primary:............. None (how sad is that?)
In Secondary:..........None...see above
On Tap: ..........Barley Wine from 2006, BGSA from 2006...
Re: What do you use for a mixing / mash paddle?
I've had a 18 - 20" SS spoon I've been using for years. Actually it gets used for other things through most of a brewday. My grainbeds aren't that deep using a 72 Qt Coleman for the MT so it works fine here.