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There are two of these, one on either side of the actual ball. When I got the valves apart, I didn't keep track of the location of either one, and may well have switched them from their original place. Could this have been avoided by leaving them assembled and boiling them instead?

I attached a pic of the exact model I am using. The body disassembles with a pair of crescent wrenches. You can see the seem here where the face of the flange meets the valve body.

Hello, brewers- I have two new to me tri-clamp ball valves that started leaking after I cleaned and reassembled them. After fermenting a few batches in my new (to me) Stout conical fermenter, I decided that I should disassemble the ball valves to clean and sanitize, on the advice gathered...

Pilsner malt and Citra.

It's a beast. Fast starter, early finisher. Low FG at sub-1.008 for me using it a few times.

Saison du Vin kit from NB. It was and extract kit with a quart of white grape juice concentrate dumped in the late primary. Same stuff they use at LHBS for wine making. Super tasty.

I am allergic to peanuts. I also have a sensitivity to some beer varieties and I think it is due to the yeast types. Some esthery hefes and super funky Belgians get my mucus membranes activated and my stomach hurts.

I used CLR to remove graphics from Stone Brewing bottles. CLR did not work on other brands, like Coronado Brewing Co.

4 gallons on NB black IPA.

With all the other food prep going in, no time here for brewing on Super Bowl Sunday. We will, however, be drinking my first-ever kegged brew: Rye of the Tiger IPA from my LHBS. The 50-yard line at Levi's Stadium is 4.9 miles from my living room but with the redonk ticket prices, it might as...

Cinch the bag using the included drawstring. Then using your pulley line, tie a miller's knot around the top of the bag under the lump created by the cinched drawstring. Lift away!

Someone on this forum suggested filling a couple PET bottles along with your glass ones. Give the plastic ones a squeeze to better tell when the batch is carbing up. I got some Mr. Beer ones a while back and they work well for this purpose.

Heh. That's the idea. Especially with bigger beers. A bomber of RIS is too much, for me, alone anyway. A twelver of that is more suitable. Plus my wife likes my brew but doesn't always want what I want or a bomber's worth ever. So, I mix up my bottle sizes.

I like half bombers and half twelvers.

Well alright then. Thanks for the advice. In the bottles it stays.