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A plumbing pipe with the same thread on both sides is a nipple and if you need to reduce the size ( or increase ) I it is a adapter fitting

As for your Stout....it looks good, if you want heavy, another half LB of flaked barley or add I LB of rolled oats . I often use rye grain or rye flakes to ad a bit of notable spice

Hey ....I keep a large bag of 2row pale and a Pilsner bag for base grain and if you want something to add body to any recipes ....my prefrance is to add ether Vienna or some Munich. Most of the band wagon is on to Maris otter and I MAY be on to it soon as well.:)

That's where the other half go's eh.... :fro::mug:

Hey from The Great Wet North eh.......ku luk Koo Koo ku ku Koo Koo! Hahaha how many ov ya tried that.eh....Ha ha ha Shout to AndyandtheBeave....just a stones throw from him!,, And Kraftykegger Where is Willow Creek ...can't be far from Nanaimo . Well anyway, got an English IPA Sittin...

A little higher mash temp should help attenuation .....try a rise in temp at the end of fermentation for a diastolic rest to finish.... This should do it And take care of any fusel alcohols

Back sweetening is when you have dry apple cider and you add(frozen concentrate apple or juice) before you serve it

You boil water...2 cups and dissolve half a tea spoon ....stir and cool, covered with tin foil for a bit. Spray the opening with starsan and then pour it in. Stir around two or three times in one direction..let it sit for 24 hours. Good to go. I poured off a gallon at a time to drink...and...

12lbs and a 2.25gal boil off is going to give you much better ABV.... if your SG from your final runnings ( after you have 6gal.) is 1.020 Stop and check your SG for the 6gal batch , if you're Sittin' at about 1.050 ur good without a 2hour boil :mug: u should be sittin' at an ABV of 5-6%

Hey....aah....how's it taste and what SG is it at. If it's sweet it needs more time ...SG should be below 1.005...almost 1.000. If and when it's that low.... lactos is added to ensure you don't have bottle bombs. 110 g of sugar to 6 gallons will be Very carb,d up and keep it cold to slow...

I can relate .....but I still used some Noble hops , nice easy bittering ,more of a smooth spice hop, I use half an oz for a 60 min. Boil and an ounce at 5 min. then....this batch , a 3 oz dry hop for my porter. It worked well but porters are built for this (hide alpha's well). Saaz for the boil...

Hey....welcome to the site...you will be able to compare our recipes to recipes available to yours. Grains in a biab are catching on. You will soon see an improvement over extract brews with the addition of Any recipe used in a tea bag boil, but extract contains all the hops you need.

I used dates in a half cup of water boiled in the microwave in my Knutson natural AJ. I just tried it after 4 weeks ,and boy is it good but sweet. It's sitting at a gravity of 1.020 and 62deg.I used Lalvin kc 1116 which is the best Lalvin yeast for fresh fruit wine or cider I have found. It's...

Hey I know raisins or dates are used by Craig Farraway on Craigtube brewing for hooch and I use pineapple or grapes for bread yeast starters

Pumpkin ale