I just put up a Hibiscus Short Mead a few days ago. I have a simplified recipe of 11 pounds of Honey to 3 gallons of water. I use 1 oz of dried jamaica per gallon of must. I make a tea out of the leaves using just enough water to cover the leaves in the pot. They steep for about 15 minutes and...
When putting in simple fittings like 1/2 NPT couplings, I prefer to dimple inside to out. This allows me to see, from the outside of the kettle, if I have good flow through around the entire coupling. However, when installing tri-clover long shank ferrules, I dimple from the outside in so I can...