Robinbrum

To be honest, the sorts of beers you like are never going to be carbonated to right levels in a pressure barrel. They are not designed...

Yeah, I did think about getting the Coopers but how do they manage to stay airtight if you can't seal the cap? My preference would...

I forgot to take the original gravity (stupid I know) but this is the last reading I took at the weekend. I'm not very good at reading...

And what it should look like...

It's cloudy and flat, as you can see. The taste is very bitter more like a beer of 7-8% than 5.6. It is drinkable and doesn't taste...

I think that's what I did? 🤔 So essentially I have to add more sugar? And yeast?

Not a beer man so can't say with confidence but agree to get carbonation you need sugar or other fermentation and the yest must still be...

I hear what you're saying. I had no prior experience of kegging, just bottling but I assumed that the principles would be exactly the...

I do similar to you, but I sugar the bottles individually. I have had a few flat bottles. Not a lot, maybe one in five. I'm not sure...

Have you got a good book on brewing?

In a pressure barrel a C02 cartridge is only going to push the beer out the barrel, not carbonate it. If you have to use a lot of C02...

No, maybe I should get one!

Don't really know where I've gone wrong and not sure it can be rescued now 😔

They are good premium kits. I’m sorry it didn’t turn out great for you. I’m brewing for 4 years now and I brew kits and full extract...

Yes this is something that I have not done before so I added a little extra sugar and a touch of yeast to one of my bottles and I can...