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    KegLand Questions and Answers

    I really appreciate your commitment to phosphate free cleaners! Thanks :)
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    Tips for cleaning new stainless gear - and jiggly butterfly valve?

    Speaking of food grade lube, how do you apply that and keep things sanitary? Does it stay lubricated after subsquent perc and sanitiser applications, or do you lube each brew? Cheers, B
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    Tips for cleaning new stainless gear - and jiggly butterfly valve?

    I remember when getting my stainless steel fermenter from Brewtech they recommended trisodium phosphate clean before use. Is that the way to ensure new stainless gear is clean of residues etc? I just bought a tri-clover butterfly valve for it from Kegland, and wonder if I should use TSP or...
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    KegLand Questions and Answers

    I remember when getting my stainless steel fermenter from Brewtech they recommended trisodium phosphate clean before use. Is that the way to clean the Kegland tri-clover butterfly valve, or is soaking in percarbonate is enough. The collar where the valve lever connects (and thus the lever too)...
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    Are Brown Grolsch Bottles collectibles now?

    I was cleaning out my bottles and thinking of selling the Grolsch. I found 30 brown ones. I see them selling on Ebay (mostly US Ebay) a lot, like $10 a bottle as 'vintage', but look just like mine, which I don't think are prehistoric. Have they become collectible? Seems a bit crazy :) Cheers...
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    Turning Imperial Stout Fresh Wort Kit into milk stout

    Howdy, I have ended up with this FWK from All Inn Brewing a couple of months ago. Interestingly, it's not on their website any more - maybe discontinued now. But here's a description: "Widowed Butcher is a spectacular Russian Imperial Stout. Formidable but with real richness behind that deadly...
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    Two Bays (Gluten Free) Grain Kits

    I have used my Thermomix blender function to do several very short pulse blends to crush small (250g) amounts of grain when I was doing extract plus spec grain. Would be a slight pain on 3-5 kg but doable I guess :)
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    Picobrew Z recipe adaptation and tips?

    howdy, A gadget-orientated friend just got the Picobrew Z2 delivered, the new iteration of the zymatic. Was wondering if anyone with experience in Picobrew has any tips for recipe adaptation? I’ve read brewhouse efficiency can be around 65%, and assume boiloff rate would be minimal through...
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    Brewtools

    Looks clever! I am a fan of simplicity though, and wonder about having to clean the various valves and chiller. I was surprised they use little tri clamps on all the hose fittings?
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    Any recommended online stores for tri-clover butterfly, sampling valves etc?

    Thanks all! I agree it's a balance of price and quality, I don't need pro-level gear but clearly it's sensible to pay for something of reasonable quality :) Will follow up the suggestions.
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    Any recommended online stores for tri-clover butterfly, sampling valves etc?

    I am thinking of pimping out my basic 14g chronical with a butterfly dump valve and a sampling valve for bottling etc. Maybe some TC barb adaptors etc for pressurised transfers. The squeeze handle butterfly valves look easier to use? Any recommended places here or direct from China? Cheers, B
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    Two Bays (Gluten Free) Grain Kits

    For the non-coeliacs, and the brave coeliac risk-takers, adding Clarity Ferm to normal barley wort with the yeast is a possible option.
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    Two Bays (Gluten Free) Grain Kits

    I exchanged some fb messages with the Brewery. They don't have capacity to mill it for homebrewers, and said in their small system they had sometimes used a blender because the grains are so fine (leading to a much finer result which is ok). I would obviously not want to run it through my...
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    Two Bays (Gluten Free) Grain Kits

    Does the grain come milled? Cheers, B
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