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The vent is on the upper half of the regulator, which could be rotated in any direction. Upstream and downstream both are normally on the lower half of the regulator, and orientation of the vent is meaningless.............. I was actually wondering if it was possible to plumb the furnace...

I'm a little surprise that my previous post was not deleted by the moderator........ While it is on topic, and the product is now legal in many states, moderation here has in my experience been a bit arbitrary and capricious........... I was once kicked off merely for stirring up a controversy...

I'm trying my second run at Chevre, and decided to do Ascher's Mason Jar Marcellin. The recipe is about as simple as it gets. Just warm a gallon of milk, and add 1/4 cup of kefir, and 1/16 tablet of Walcoren (dissolved in water). Let it sit for 2 or more days, until the curd drops to the...

I dislike tea in general, so I use the cheapest and the least amount of tea....... decaf. I've used Rooibos rather than actual tea, and I've used raspberry leaves from my own garden. The widespread idea that only actual tea provides the necessary nutrients for the microbes in kombucha is of...

I'm sampling the nitro mocha at the moment. I made one gallon of cold brew, filtered it through permanent filter, followed by double filtering through paper filters, using a total of 6 filters.... they plugged up fairly quickly. I poured it into a container and added a pint of whipping...

This AM, I filtered the grounds out using a permanent filter for my coffee maker, followed by a filtering twice through coffee filters to get all the mud out. I went through about 6 filters for a gallon of coffee, but filters are cheap. I then added a full pint of whipping cream, and a bit...

I just got the suggestion from Br3W4u on a different discussion and am in the process of cold brewing to make a nitro mocha that will include chocolate syrup and heavy cream for a sort of late. I have everything I need to nitro infuse as I use nitrogen for refrigeration testing, and had the...

I just googled nitrogen charged mocha and came up with these links: https://www.califiafarms.com/products/nitro-cold-brew-mocha https://www.today.com/food/5-things-know-trying-starbucks-nitro-coffee-t100315 http://www.businessinsider.com/why-cold-brew-coffee-nitrogen-bubbles-tastes-better-2015-8...

What I would do is mix in a few teaspoons of AG300 Fungal Amylase and keg it, or bottle in EZ cap bottles as they are strong enough that they will never grenade, but rather they will vent pressure. The AG300 will work alongside the yeast and gradually bring the gravity down. You can also...

I restocked my Decaf from Costco yesterday, as well as picking up some chocolate syrup and cream. I have a cold brew going as of this morning, and will filter and mix to taste and keg tomorrow. Dug out my nitrogen regulator, and found fittings to connect to the keg. I'll put about 50 psi...

I did a 3 month NA awhile back.............This time it's permanent but not absolute. Two beers a week approximately, in social situations, no alcohol at home at all. It's a health decision. I'm not trying to prove anything, and being "dry" is not an obsession. If someone offers me a...

I've been making kombucha for years. I've never worried about the scoby........ which is just as pellicle, mostly microcellulose, not as some folks think, a living organism, or a "home" for the bacteria and yeasts that make up kombucha. The pellicle does however appear to serve some...

Bought a bottle of pina colada concentrate yesterday, and discovered that a bit of that combined with my dilute kombucha makes a wonderful drink..... all it needs is come alcohol, but I'm through with alcohol.......... I'm leaving the kombucha water (50/50), which is blackberry flavor, under a...

I've never cared for cold coffee. I might try the nitrogen thing anyway, as I keep a bottle of nitrogen around for refrigeration leak testing.... Cold coffee with cream and a hint of chocolate charged with nitrogen, just a bit of sugar, and a bit of salt............... The latter combination...

Having given up brewing beer permanently, and reducing my drinking to about 2 beers a week, (health reasons) I've been casting about for things to drink. I've made kombucha for about 4 years now, but I don't drink a great deal of it. I have a couple of those great 1.75 gallon corny kegs from...

does it dissolve completely? H.W.

The idea that you must crush finer is really not valid in my opinion, or from what experience I've had using grain crushed at the home brew store. I would however have them crush twice. There is more than one way people measure efficiency, but who cares? Efficiency is less important than...

I used tablet rennet for the first time today, and it's pretty obvious that it will never completely dissolve. Is this a filler that remains, or am I doing it wrong? H.W.

I'd call it a success............... I intentionally made "fetazola". I don't think there are any rules to cheese making unless you are trying to adhere to a style. I also vary the time before brining, and do other variations to change the sharpness. My next batch will use Flora Danica and...

I'd love to try the Piima. I've loved small beets for years, fresh out of the garden, not much over an inch diameter. I pluck them and eat both the beet and the top. My gardening friends claim that the huge one are just as good...... I say BS on that. Beets are at their best at the size of...