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This is what I ended up doing. So far there are no leaks. We’ll see what happens with a pressure (<5 PSI) transfer next week. There are a lot of connections to potentially fail and a 3-way would have eliminated most of them.

Cold Steeping is what you are after. Overnight steeping of dark grains in the fridge added in the kettle. All the color and half the flavor but none of the astringency of the roasted malts and no impact on your mash pH. Honestly only use it for black IPAs (cascadian dark).

The valve would alleviate the need to change the connection to the fermenter (changing from purge line to transfer line).

The 3 way manifold is just an example of the function of the valve. It obviously wont work. A valve like that would allow purging a keg with fermentation CO2 and then pressure transferring without changing lines. It’s an effort to minimize O2 uptake with line changes.

That may work. Thank You

Yes, but the three way valve would be simpler.

Something like this

I am trying to find a 9.5mm three way valve and am having trouble. Ideally I want to purge a keg through one line out and then pressure transfer in through the same line/fitting. I can do this with a three way connection and three separate valves but one three way valve would be better.

11lbs mecca gateway 4lbs belgian pilsener 0.5lbs acid malt 0.5lbs carahelles 4oz Alora mash hopped 4oz Alora hopstand Star Party OG 1.073 FG 1.008 I normally add 500mg Phantasm with the hopstand, but after cleaning my plate chiller, I am hoping to avoid that and get all my thiols from the...

Yes

i cycle with each batch but get the most out of it. 7.5 gallons fresh in fermenter —> Plate chiller —> Keg —> Purged to bucket —> Empty mash tun —> Rinse clean fermenter —> Driveway

I just ordered some Alora from Farmhouse and wanted to know if anyone has any experience with this hop. Given its high bound thiol content, I am planning to use it for my “phantasm” IPA. I was hoping to avoid the phantasm itself, but use this as the main hop/thiol source. I usually use...

Maibock

Maybe I’m just lucky, but for 20+ years I’ve boiled the same 2L or 5L flask and placed them directly into an ice bath with no issues.

Version #2 will have 10% invert…#2 or #3? I want just a little darker color.