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I tried taking the head off of the braided hose and took the head up to my local home Depot to try to find something that would fit in, then figured I could the build it out to fit the faucet adapter. Alas, nothing at home Depot that I was able to find fit. Either slightly off diameter or...

Hi gang. I bought a Grainfather, love it so far, but I have one thing I'd like to do, and that's connect the counter-flow chiller to my kitchen faucet instead of running a garden hose in from the nearest kitchen window. I've attached a picture of my faucet. The adapters that came with the...

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That's a good idea too...makes sense.

I assumed that was the case...thank you for clarifying that!

I've looked around through the newbie and FAQs and didn't see this information, but what I am a bit unsure on...is reading recipes in relation to boil time additions. For example...if I see this: .75 Hallertau @ 45 .25 Hallertau @ 15 Is that: .75 ounce at 45 INTO the boil (in a...

I too planned to just go from the package to this one liter starter and then just decant and pitch, but since this started so slow with this old of a package...just has me wondering if it will have enough active yeast or if I should try once more to further bolster their numbers. Looks like I...

Yup...he had some newer stuff from January and several from like November of last year...but looks like he doesn't order very often. I found 2 homebrew stores in my home town, but the one closest to me (8 miles) only stocks a couple varieties of dry yeast...says she wont stock the liquids...

Tx for the suggestions/comments guys! @Priemus: Yup...After I noticed the date...I took the package back up to where I bought it...it was from a big chain liquor barn that just so ALSO happens to sell homebrew supplies. That was my first mistake...should have driven the extra distance to a...

Hey gang, I'm a newbie to whole grain and preparing starters, so please be gentle :-D I have a question about my starter (1 L /100g DME) and some pretty old wyeast. The problem is that I failed to notice the date on the yeast packet so when I smacked it and dumped it into my starter and 12...