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Open the hood of any car on any street and you’re guaranteed to find a few things. There should be an engine, a battery, and lots and lots of tubes. These tubes, technically referred to as hoses, are absolutely essential for a car to run properly. Many mechanics like to say that the engine is a car’s heart, which mean the hoses are like arteries. Just like the arteries in your body carry blood and its vital nutrients to the organs that give you life, the hoses in a car carry air and vital fluids …

Here at Flex Technologies, your source for silicone hoses and tubing, we get a lot of customers who are home brewers. Whether you're new at home brewing and just getting started, or if you've been brewing for years, there's no doubt that you've made a few mistakes in your home brewing journey. Today we're going to look at some of the most common mistakes made by beginner home brewers.  Don't use the sanitizer that comes with your beer kit because it's slow and not really that effective. In …

We have a lot of customers whose favorite pass-time is brewing beer. Our silicone hoses are perfect for beginning to expert home brewing set ups. If you're just getting into home brewing, you may be wondering how long beer lasts before it begins to spoil or take on weird off-flavors. As you may have guessed, this is determined by a few different factors and we're going to discuss those today.  Firstly, it's important to know that beer is much more stable when it's in a bottle or keg. Why? …