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(only one ferrule needed)
    1 ⅜ ″ O.D. (outside diameter) O-ring
    1 ⅜ ″ MPT × ¼” FPT adapter
    1 No. 2 drilled rubber stopper
    1 5 / 16 ″ hose tee for gas line
    1 18″-long, ¼″-diameter tube (stainless steel, brass, or copper)
    1 2″-long piece of ⅜ ″-diameter tube
    Teflon tape
Parts List
    a – ½” MPT × ½” hose barb
    b – ½” MPT × ½” FPT on-off valves
    c – ½” FPT tee
    d – ½” MPT × ½” comp adapter
    e – ½” compression nut and ferrule (not shown)
    f – 18” long ½” copper or stainless tubing
    g – ⅜ ″ compression nut with ⅜ ″ O.D. (outside diameter) O-ring (instead of ferrule)
    h – ⅜ ″ comp × ⅜ ″ MPT adapter
    i – ⅜ ″ FPT tee
    j – ⅜ ″ compression nut with ferrule (not shown)
    k – ⅜ ″ copper or stainless tubing, 2” long
    l – #2 stopper with ⅜ ″ hole
    m – ⅜ ″ MPT × ½” FPT adapter
Direction
    1. Wrap the male connectors with Teflon tape.
    2. Assemble according to the diagram on page 26. You’ll want the tee for hooking up the CO 2 gas line as shown in the illustration.
    To use the counter-pressure bottle filler, first sanitize it with iodophor. Do not use chlorine bleach. Connect everything as shown in the illustration. Insert the filler into a clean bottle. Make sure the stopper seals well, then turn on the gas valve (valve A) to pressurize. Turn off the gas valve A. Turn on the beer valve (valve B). Openthe bleed valve (valve C). As the gas escapes from the bleed valve, the beer in the keg will be at greater pressure than that of the bottle and will slowly fill it. When it gets full, close the beer valve (valve B). Remove the filler, then close the bleed valve (valve C) and cap the bottle. If you close the bleed valve too soon, there will be pressure in the bottle and there will be a spray of foam when you remove the filler.

    To use a counter-pressure bottle filler, turn on gas valve (A) to pressurize. Then turn off gas valve, and turn on beer valve (B) and open the bleed valve (C). Gas will escape from the bleed valve and the beer in the keg will be at greater pressure than that of the bottle and will slowly fill it.
    Transferring Liquid under Pressure
    Once you have a kegging system with a CO 2 tank and regulator, you can use pressurized carbon dioxide to move liquids from one vessel to another without having to rely on siphons and gravity. For example, you can force-rack beer from one carboy to another under CO 2pressure, avoiding the worries of starting the siphon and reducing oxidation risk by purging vessels with a blanket of CO 2 gas. Transfers can thus take place in a “closed” environment, which means that the vessels are never open to airborne contamination risks.
    1. Seal up the container holding the liquid.
    2. Attach a tube from the liquid to the empty vessel.
    3. Attach a gas-in line to the carboy cap, keg, or whatever.
    4. Slowly open the gas line.

    If you have a kegging setup, there is no need to siphon beer from your carboy. Use your CO 2 cylinder and a racking configuration like this.

Brewery Design
    If you have committed to all-grain brewing and use modified kegs (see pages 16–18) as your brewing vessels, you will want to arrange your vessels in such a way as to take advantage of process flow and gravity. A tower design, the most common, is time-tested and has been used for hundreds of years, if not thousands. It starts with grain on the highest level of the brewery, where it’s milled and sent down a chute into the mash tun. From there, the mash is lautered (run off and sparged) and the liquid is piped down a level to the brew kettle. After the boil, the hot wort is chilled and sent down another level to the fermenter.
Building a Tower Brewery Stand
    The stand is best set up in a permanent location. Using modified kegs as brew vessels, the overall dimension are 7’ high by 4½’ wide by 1½’ deep. Construct it from 1” angle iron, or use uni-struts (steel angles with predrilled